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# The breast is more dense and thus radiologically more difficult to interpret, and | # The breast is more dense and thus radiologically more difficult to interpret, and | ||
# The incidence of breast cancer is lower. | # The incidence of breast cancer is lower. | ||
==Specimens== | |||
Breast comes in three main flavours: | |||
#Core needle biopsy (CNB). | |||
#Lumpectomy. | |||
#Radical mastectomy. | |||
Lumpectomies are usually oriented with short and long suture; '''s'''hort is typically '''s'''uperior (aspect) and '''l'''ong is typically '''l'''ateral (aspect). | |||
Breast [[cytopathology]] is dealt with in the ''[[breast cytopathology]]'' article. It is almost dead, as it is not as sensitive and specific as CNB. | |||
==Normal histology== | ==Normal histology== | ||