Table 1.

Study population characteristics

Histopathology	Number of patients	Mean patient age (years)	Number of specimens	Number of hook-wired lesions	Mean specimen volume (ml)
IDC	5	71	5	5	58
IDC + DCIS	13	57	13	13	66
ILC	3	71	3	3	79
Mixed IDC + ILC	1	59	1	1	90.8
Multifocal IDC	3	55	3	5	120
Total	25	61	25	27	76.6

DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, ILC invasive lobular carcinoma