Why is the use of Large core Biopsy controversial?
Some breast radiologists feel that the large core biopsy (ABBI) procedure is not an appropriate method of breast biopsy. Unlike open surgical biopsy, in which the surgeon only removes a narrow strand of breast tissue in order to reach the lesion, large core biopsy (ABBI) requires the removal of a significant portion of normal breast tissue just to reach the lesion. Critics of large core biopsy (ABBI) say that the procedure removes unnecessary normal breast tissue and does not remove an adequate margin of tissue around the breast lesion for laboratory analysis.
