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. 2011 Aug 11;9:87. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-9-87

Table 10.

Studies specifically reporting on the false negative rate of identifying breast malignancies based upon the ultrasound-guided 14-gauge core diagnostic breast biopsy approach.

Citation [reference] False negative rate
Parker 1993 [78] 0% (0/34)
Nguyen 1996 [79] 2.1% (4/187)
Liberman 2000 [80] 3.7% (9/241)
Schoonjans 2001 [81] 1.7% (4/243)
Buchberger 2002 [82] 1.3% (3/234)
Memarsadeghi 2003 [83] 3.1% (5/161)
Philpotts 2003 [4] 2.8% (1/36)
Shah 2003 [84] 3.6% (3/84)
Delle Chiaie 2004 [85] 3.1% (4/128)
Fajardo 2004 [86] 2.6% (2/77)
Pijnappel 2004 [87] 11.8% (8/68)
Cho 2005 [6] 3.1% (4/128)
Crystal 2005 [88] 3.1% (10/323)
Dillon 2005 [89] 1.7% (13/769)
Sauer 2005 [90] 2.3% (14/618)
Vega Bolivar 2005 [91] 3.3% (4/122)
Wu 2006 [92] 2.4% (5/209)
Fan 2008 [93] 1.1% (18/1584)
Schueller 2008 [94] 1.6% (11/709)
Youk 2009 [95] 2.5% (50/1982)

Cumulative results 2.2% (172/7937)

Povoski 2011 2.1% (8/386)