How to Prepare For a Breast Biopsy

A biopsy is a small amount of tissue removed from the breast to be studied under a microscope. There are different ways to perform a breast biopsy; the one your doctor recommends will depend on the size, location and characteristics of the lump in your breast under investigation. This page contains tips and resources on how to prepare for a breast biopsy, as well as links to pages containing more specific information and videos on the different types of breast biopsies we perform at UCSF Radiology.

Breast Biopsy - FeM Surgery

Breast Biopsy mayo stand and back table setup - CSTSetup

Acquisition, processing, and single-cell analysis of normal human breast tissues from a biobank - ScienceDirect

How To Prepare For A Breast Biopsy Procedure

MRI Guided Breast Biopsy

Preparing for your breast biopsy - Mayo Clinic Health System

What Is a Breast Biopsy? - GoodRx

EnCor Enspire MRI guided VAB Clinical procedure – BD Europe

How Often Are Breast Biopsies Cancer?

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Breast Biopsy Kaiser Permanente

Everything You Need to Know About Breast Biopsy

Breast Biopsy Memorial Hermann

Stereotactic (Mammogram-Guided) Breast Biopsy

Breast Biopsy Johns Hopkins Medicine