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Table 1 Background of patients with calcified lesions who underwent ST-VAB or DBT-VAB

From: Clinical performance of digital breast tomosynthesis–guided vacuum-assisted biopsy: a single-institution experience in Japan

 

ST-VAB (n = 45)

DBT-VAB (n = 86)

P Value

Mean age*

50.1 ± 9.3

50.7 ± 10.3

0.76

Breast density

0.98

Almost entirely fatty

1

2

 

Scattered areas of fibroglanudular density

3

5

 

Heterogeneously dense

34

63

 

Extremely dense

7

16

 

History of breast cancer

0.13

No history

38

80

 

Prior or simultaneous history

7

6

 
  1. Data are numbers of patients. *Data are means ± standard deviations
  2. ST-VAB = stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy, DBT-VAB = digital breast tomosynthesis vacuum-assisted breast biopsy
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BMC Medical Imaging

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