Ultrasound can estimate the pathologic size of infiltrating ductal carcinoma.

Abstract

BREAST-CONSERVING surgery has become established as a local treatment equivalent to mastectomy for appropriately selected patients with breast cancer. Removing the malignant tumor with a margin of normal breast tissue can provide equivalent survival when compared with removal of the entire breast.¹ Local therapy has been increasingly directed toward the minimal removal of normal tissue. Reports of minimally invasive cryotherapy² or laser ablation³ of breast tumors have been published. These techniques rely on radiographic imaging to establish the extent of treatment.