Abstract
Purpose
The second International Consensus Conference on B3 lesions was held in Zurich, Switzerland, in March 2018, organized by the International Breast Ultrasound School to re-evaluate the consensus recommendations.
Methods
This study (1) evaluated how management recommendations of the first Zurich Consensus Conference of 2016 on B3 lesions had influenced daily practice and (2) reviewed current literature towards recommendations to biopsy.
Results
In 2018, the consensus recommendations for management of B3 lesions remained almost unchanged: For flat epithelial atypia (FEA), classical lobular neoplasia (LN), papillary lesions (PL) and radial scars (RS) diagnosed on core-needle biopsy (CNB) or vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB), excision by VAB in preference to open surgery, and for atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) and phyllodes tumors (PT) diagnosed at VAB or CNB, first-line open surgical excision (OE) with follow-up surveillance imaging for 5 years. Analyzing the Database of the Swiss Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsies (MIBB) with more than 30,000 procedures recorded, there was a significant increase in recommending more frequent surveillance of LN [65% in 2018 vs. 51% in 2016 (p = 0.004)], FEA (72% in 2018 vs. 62% in 2016 (p = 0.005)), and PL [(76% in 2018 vs. 70% in 2016 (p = 0.04)] diagnosed on VAB. A trend to more frequent surveillance was also noted also for RS [77% in 2018 vs. 67% in 2016 (p = 0.07)].
Conclusions
Minimally invasive management of B3 lesions (except ADH and PT) with VAB continues to be appropriate as an alternative to first-line OE in most cases, but with more frequent surveillance, especially for LN.
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Introduction
Lesions of uncertain malignant potential in the breast (B3 lesions) represent a heterogeneous group of abnormalities with an overall risk for malignancy of 9.9%–35.1% after total resection [1]. Historically open surgical excision has been recommended for all B3 lesions; however, over the last decade there has been a trend towards minimally invasive breast biopsy or percutaneous excision using a vacuum-assisted device where larger volumes of tissue can be removed compared to core biopsy, equivalent to a small-wide local excision while retaining the same diagnostic accuracy as open surgery [2], but with the obvious benefits of saving the patient a surgical procedure, and cost. Underestimates of malignancy in excised B3 lesions range up to 35% and are associated primarily with increasing size of the lesion and the presence of atypia rather than the nature of the mammographic abnormality (e.g., calcification vs. mass or architectural distortion) [3]. Several studies also indicate that B3 lesions are predominantly upgraded to ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and low-grade invasive tumors [1, 3,4,5,6].
The evidence base for the outcome and behavior of B3 lesions in the literature is accruing. Management and practice vary greatly from country to country, although there is a trend universally for more conservative management as an alternative to open surgery. The 2016 recommendations from the first International Consensus Conference on B3 lesions [7] during the biannual International Breast Ultrasound School (IBUS) course were well accepted by many breast units in different countries. The purpose of the second International Consensus Conference in 2018 was to re-evaluate how recommendations for the management and follow-up surveillance of B3 lesions in the breast had influenced daily practice, review the most recent literature, and investigate the trend towards less open surgery and appropriate surveillance.
Methodology
The second International Consensus Conference on lesions of uncertain malignant potential (B3) was held with international experts as part of the IBUS seminar in March 2018. The meeting in March 2018 had 70 participants with an additional 19 multidisciplinary expert panel members (including all the aforementioned authors) comprising 55% radiologists, and 45% other (including pathologists, surgeons, and gynecologists) with 68% having more than 10 years’ experience in breast imaging. All participants were invited to vote on all recommendations and between 60 and 80 (depending on the question asked) decided to vote.
A new analysis of the Swiss Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy group (MIBB) Database was performed and presented (histology from 31,574 VABs). The Swiss MIBB group—a subgroup of the Swiss Society of Senology founded in 2007—has collected data for 11 years on each diagnostic or therapeutic VAB performed in Switzerland. To evaluate the impact of the B3 guidelines from the first International Consensus Conference in the management and surveillance of B3 lesions, the data were compared between 2007 and 2015 and 2016–2017 using the Chi-squared test.
Recommendations for management of B3 breast lesions following histological diagnosis were either (i) surveillance (defined as 6 monthly or yearly mammography and/or ultrasound, depending on their imaging findings), (ii) VAB excision, or (iii) open excision.
Following presentations of each B3 lesion in detail with an update of the published literature since the first International Consensus Conference, three questions were asked in turn regarding each of the six B3 lesions [8]:
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Q1.
If a core-needle biopsy (CNB) returned a B3 lesion on histology, should the lesion be excised?
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Q2.
If so, should it be excised using vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) or open surgical excision (OE)?
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Q3.
If the VAB returned a B3 lesion on histology and if the lesion was completely removed on imaging, is surveillance acceptable or should a repeat VAB or OE be performed?
A panel discussion followed the voting and consensus recommendations were agreed for the management of each B3 lesion along with decisions on surveillance.
Results
Analysis of the MIBB database
From 2007 until 2017, a total of 31,574 VABs were entered in the database. 6,020 cases (19.1%) showed a B3 lesion (4339 were pure and the other ones were combined B3 lesions).
Table 1 shows the pure B3 lesions together with the final histology in those which had a subsequent open surgery and upgrade rates.
Table 2 shows recommendations made to the patients following VAB. Between 2016 and 2017, surveillance was recommended more frequently for all B3 lesions following VAB, but this was only significant for the following lesions: FEA (72% vs. 61.5%: p = 0.005), LN (64.9% vs. 51%; p = 0.004), and PLs (76% vs. 69.7%; p = 0.04).
General recommendations of the panel members of the consensus conference
Acceptable rates for the risk of underestimation
In 2016, the panel of the first International Consensus Conference on B3 lesions stated that every B3 lesion should be discussed at a multidisciplinary meeting (MDM). If an MDM makes the decision not to perform open surgery after a diagnosis of a B3 lesion following VAB, it means balancing risks (e.g., having to undergo a surgery under anesthesia which produces a scar) and benefits (e.g., not risking underestimating a lesion, which could be or develop towards an invasive cancer). Therefore in 2018, the question asked was: What is an acceptable underestimation rate for DCIS or IC?
69 participants gave answers for upgrade to IC: < 2.5%: 36 (53%); < 5%: 23 (34%); < 7.5%: 8 (12%); and < 10%: 2 (3%).
68 participants gave answers for upgrade to DCIS: < 5%: 15 (22%); < 10%: 40 (59%); < 15%: 9 (13%); and < 20%: 4 (6%). Therefore, overall underestimation rates for the majority of the panel members were that it should not exceed 5% for IC and 10% for DCIS.
Reasons for recommending an open biopsy instead of surveillance
The panel also discussed which circumstances would argue for performing an open biopsy instead of surveillance only. Discrepancy between histology and imaging was by far the most important factor. For example, if a solid lesion and not only microcalcifications are seen, then histology should correspond to this finding. Further strong arguments for performing a subsequent open biopsy or a repeat VAB were a residual lesion and lesion size. The larger a lesion is, the more likely an open biopsy should be recommended. For an ultrasound-guided VAB, the size should usually not exceed 2.5 cm. Elevated personal risk, the presence of a solid lesion on ultrasound, associated calcifications within the lesion, and absence of calcifications within the lesion were also considered.
Recent literature
Recent manuscripts dealing with B3 lesions were selected for presentation and discussion at the conference. Many of the papers document upgrade rates in following open excision and the risk of developing a cancer during the years following a diagnosis of a B3 lesion. In some of the manuscripts, CNB and VAB were not well differentiated. CNB, often also called microbiopsy, should be used for CNB performed with devices smaller or equal to 14G. The term VAB, often called macrobiopsy, would therefore be reserved for larger needle devices (typically 7 to 11G). Since upgrade rates depend on the amount of tissue, which is available for the pathologist for examination, this distinction is important.
Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH)
Histological criteria of ADH
ADH is a low-grade neoplastic intraductal proliferation. The histological criteria of ADH include quantitative features of low-grade atypia as monomorphic nuclei with clear membranous borders and secondary intraluminal adenoid architecture. As quantitative features, restriction to one terminal ductal-lobular unit (TDLU) is usually ≤ 2 mm in maximal extension, whereas the histological as immunophenotypical features of an ADH lesion are the same as at low-grade DCIS. Intraductal ADH cell proliferations are negative for high molecular weight cytokeratins and strongly and diffusely positive for estrogen receptors in the same pattern as seem at low-grade DCIS. The differential diagnosis between ADH and DCIS is based on size only. Therefore, a low-grade in situ neoplastic lesion with qualitative features of ADH cannot definitely be separated from a part of a larger low-grade DCIS based on findings in minimal invasive breast biopsy (CNB or VAB) alone. The European Working Group on Breast Screening Pathology recommends that it should always be kept in mind that such proliferations at a biopsy may represent the periphery of a more established lesion of DCIS [9].
Underestimation risk associated with ADH at VAB
The dilemma in decision making on management of an ADH-like lesion at MIBB is the uncertainty whether it represents a part of a larger DCIS or is an isolated lesion. There is only limited information on histological, imaging, and clinical factors, which can reliably predict the answer. These include lesion size and number of ADH foci in biopsy specimens, radiological features, needle type, and association with calcification and individual cell necrosis. Until now, none of these features can reliably exclude an upgrade in the surgical specimen. However, risk factors for underestimation of malignancy include multifocality with more than 2 foci of ADH on CNB, and associated individual cell necrosis, this latter might be suggestive but definitely not affirmatively diagnostic of a low-grade DCIS. In addition, lack of radiological-pathological correlation as lack of calcification in MIBB specimens on VAB performed for mammographically suspicious calcifications as well as ADH-like lesions as only histopathological finding in biopsies taken for mass lesions on imaging. Conflicting results of several studies analyzing the risk factors of synchronous malignancy in MIBB with ADH published in recent years as the large range of their underestimation rates (2%–50%), as summarized in Table 3, seems to be depending on the type of biopsy performed (CNB or VAB), age (> 50 years), and on associated microcalcification on imaging. But above all, upgrade rates are generally higher in biopsies without any pathological correlation to the target lesion in imaging. Table 3 summarizes the literature update on ADH since 2015.
Since upgrade rates in so-called lower-risk subgroups exceed the defined acceptable limits for underestimation (10% for DCIS and 5% for IC), OE is recommended in general even if the lesion seems to be completely excised by VAB. Surveillance instead of OE might be appropriate in special situations (especially in older age) since most of the IC that develop after ADH are small low-grade cancers. Surveillance is also necessary after OE because such patients are at a higher risk of developing cancer also distant from the excised ADH lesion and also in the contralateral breast.
Voting
If a CNB returned ADH on histology,
100% of the participants thought the lesion should be excised. 21% thought therapeutic VAB excision was acceptable and 74% thought therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed. 5% were undecided.
If a VAB returned ADH on histology,
51% of the participants thought that therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed and 42% thought that surveillance was adequate (Table 9).
Consensus recommendation of the panel
A lesion containing ADH diagnosed by CNB or VAB should undergo open surgical excision. Surveillance can be justified only in special situations after discussion at the MDM (Table 10).
Flat epithelial atypia (FEA)
Histological criteria of FEA
FEA is a low-grade neoplastic lesion consisting of a few layers of neoplastic columnar type cells with low-grade (monomorphic) atypia without any secondary architecture (flat architecture). The immunophenotype of a FEA lesion is identical to that of a low-grade DCIS, which is negative for basal cytokeratins and positive for estrogen receptors. On histology, there is a classical association with low-grade or highly differentiated lesions as highly differentiated invasive carcinoma, ADH/DCIS, and to the other B3 lesions as classical LN. There are often associated calcifications and, therefore FEA is sometimes the only biopsy target at mammography.
Biology of FEA
FEA seems to be associated with a very slight increased breast cancer risk (1–2 times). Underestimation of risk is associated with ADH at MIBB.
Lesions found after FEA on breast core-needle CNB and VAB are mainly ADH and low-grade DCIS, while invasive carcinoma (in most instances highly differentiated) can occur but less frequent. Recommendation of current guidelines is increasingly in favor of surveillance if the lesion is small and the radiological findings were completely removed by CNB or VAB. Table 4 summarizes the literature update on FEA since 2015.
Voting
If a CNB returned FEA on histology,
65% of the participants thought the lesion should be excised. 75% thought therapeutic VAB excision was acceptable and 22% thought therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed.
If a VAB returned FEA on histology,
3% of the participants thought that therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed and 97% thought that surveillance was adequate (Table 9).
Consensus recommendation of the panel
A lesion containing FEA which is visible on imaging should undergo excision with VAB. Thereafter surveillance is justified (Table 10).
Classical lobular neoplasia
Histological criteria
Lobular neoplasia (LN) includes a large spectrum and continuum of atypical intralobular proliferations of the TDLs of the breast, consisting of non-cohesive proliferating cells. Under the term “Classical Lobular Neoplasia,” the consensus conference discussed the two lesions defined by the WHO classification as classical lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) and atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH), both of which represent the large majority of lobular neoplasia. ALH/LCIS are characterized by non-cohesive proliferations of atypical type A and/or B epithelial cells with mild-to-moderate nuclear atypia in about 85% of cases [33]. In case of LCIS, these cells expand more than 50% of the acini in a terminal duct-lobular unit (TDLU), while in ALH this affects less than 50%. When diagnosed on minimal invasive biopsy (VAB), these lesions are reported as B3 by the pathologist. In case of diagnostic difficulty in the histological diagnosis, the use of a combined immunohistochemistry with E-Cadherin and Catenin p120 is useful to rule out morphological differential diagnoses especially as solid DCIS.
In contrast, the rare morphologic variants including pleomorphic LN which demonstrates marked nuclear pleomorphism equivalent to that of high-grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), with or without apocrine features. A florid LN along with marked distention of TDLUs or ducts, often with accompanying mass formation and comedo type necrosis, are reported as B5a as DCIS and are not discussed as LN in this consensus report. The underlying rationale is that in contrast to LCIS and ALH, 25–60% of cases with LN (B5a category) variants on CNB/VAB are found to upgrade to carcinoma on excision [34,35,36]. The reproducibility of all LIN ALH versus LCIS is poor, the prognostic significance between LIN1,2 is not supported by evidence, so it is not endorsed by current European guidelines (AGO [37]). It is a simplified and practical way to categorize these lesions as B3 (e.g., as classical LN) and B5a (as pleomorphic or florid LN) especially on CNB and VAB.
Biological behavior
ALH/LCIS has to be considered as both, a risk factor and a non-obligate precursor of invasive breast carcinoma conferring an 8 to 10 times relative risk compared to the general population [38, 39]. The absolute risk of either lobular or ductal breast cancer is in the range of 1–2% per year with a cumulative long-term rate of more than 20% at 15 years and 35% at 35 years [39, 40]. The risk is bilateral with ipsilateral predominance [41, 42].
Until now, no single histopathological or clinical factor alone has been identified which could link the development of breast cancer to a histological diagnosis of classical LN.
Risk of breast cancer at CNB/VAB
The management of patients with classic LN when diagnosed on MIBB (CNB/VAB) has been controversial due to a wide range (0–60%) of reported upgrade rates to DCIS or invasive carcinoma on excision. Those rates result above all from disregarding radiological–pathological correlation [43,44,45,46]. LCIS and ALH are infrequently seen as the sole finding in CNB or VAB accounting for 0.5–2.9% of biopsies taken for histologic assessment of mammography-detected lesions. Therefore, recent studies of classic LCIS and ALH as incidental finding in cases where a different benign pathological lesion in the same biopsy has been proved to represent the correlation to the radiological biopsy target with concordant imaging findings report very low (~ 1–4%) excisional upgrade rates of classic LCIS and ALH to carcinoma. Regarding ALH, the largest study showed a relative risk of 8.0 for women with 3 or more foci of ALH compared to 3 or 5 for women with 1 or 2 foci, respectively. The upgrade rates for classical LCIS are generally higher (13% to 18%) when LCIS represented the radiologic target as calcification and still higher for mass lesions and calcification on imaging with radio-pathological discordance [47,48,49]. Current (AGO [37]) guidelines in favor of surgical management of classical LN include the presence of another B3 lesion, another lesion indicative for excision alone, the presence of a visible or mass lesion or any discordant lesions between histology and imaging (AGO [37]). Table 5 summarizes the literature update on classical LN in CNB/VAB since 2015.
Voting
If a CNB returned Classical LN on histology,
69% of the participants thought the lesion should be excised. 50% thought therapeutic VAB excision was acceptable and 41% thought therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed.
If a VAB returned Classical LN on histology,
12% of the participants thought that therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed and 84% thought that surveillance was adequate (Table 9).
Consensus recommendation of the panel
A lesion containing classical LN, which is visible on imaging should undergo excision with VAB. Thereafter surveillance is justified if there is no pathological–radiological discordance and no residual lesion.
In contrast, morphologic variants of LN (LIN 3, pleomorphic LCIS, and florid LCIS), which are reported as B5a lesions should undergo OE (Table 10).
Papillary lesions
Histology and clinical presentation of PL
On imaging, intraductal papillomas vary in size and in presentation showing a spectrum of mass lesions to cystic and calcified lesions. Histology demonstrates a papillary proliferation as the basis with a central fibrovascular core containing ductal and myoepithelial cells. In case of any histological uncertainty regarding the presence of myoepithelial cells, the use of immunohistochemistry (p 63, basal cytokeratins, and estrogen receptors) is helpful. In the current WHO classification of breast tumors, papillary lesions are divided into (a) papillomas, (b) papillomas with atypia (ADH or classical LN), both belonging to the B3 category at MIBB (small solitary papillomas (< 2 mm) can be categorized as B2 lesion, if the lesion is completely surrounded by a duct structure) and to (c) papillomas with DCIS or papillomas completely involved by more extended DCIS (encapsulated papillary carcinoma), and finally (d) solid papillary carcinoma belonging to B4 or B5a category. Table 6 summarizes the literature update on B3 papillary lesions since 2015.
Voting
If a CNB returned PL on histology,
76.5% of the participants thought the lesion should be excised. 71% thought therapeutic VAB excision was acceptable and 23% thought therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed.
If a VAB returned PL on histology,
none of the participants (1 abstained) thought that therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed and 98% thought that surveillance was adequate (Table 9).
Consensus recommendation of the panel
A PL lesion, which is visible on imaging should undergo excision with VAB. Larger lesions which cannot be completely removed by VAB need open excision. Thereafter surveillance is justified (Table 10).
Phyllodes tumors (PT)
Histological criteria and biological behavior of PT
PTs are rare and consist of around 1–2‰ of all breast biopsies. PTs are biphasic fibroepithelial tumors varying from benign to borderline and malignant diagnostic variants. The latest WHO classification of breast tumors allows three categories depending on the number of stromal mitoses, stromal atypia, and stromal overgrowth. In some cases, the distinction between a benign cellular fibroadenoma and a benign phyllodes tumors remains despite histological diagnostic criteria problematic. Therefore, the WHO classification recommends the diagnosis of a benign fibroepithelial tumor (also categorized as B3 category) in unclear cases. Benign and borderline phyllodes tumors are B3 lesions, a malignant PT is a B5b lesion. B3 forms, particularly the benign forms of PT, are the most common, only up to 20% of all PT tumors are borderline or malignant. Risk for local recurrence at benign PT is around 10–20% and reaches up to 30% at the borderline or malignant forms. Metastatic potential depends on the form, being the highest (15–20%) at the malignant forms. Table 7 summarizes the literature update on B3 phyllodes tumors since 2015.
Voting
If a CNB returned PT on histology,
98% of the participants thought the lesion should be excised. 22% thought therapeutic VAB excision was acceptable and 72% thought therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed.
If a VAB returned PT on histology,
8% of the participants thought that therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed and 88% thought that surveillance was adequate (Table 9).
Consensus recommendation of the panel
A PT lesion, which is found by CNB, should undergo open surgical excision with clear margins. If accidentally found by VAB without any corresponding imaging finding, surveillance of a benign PT is justified, while borderline and malignant PTs require re-excision to obtain clear margins (Table 10).
Radial scar
Histological features of RS
Two papers published almost at the same time described the same lesion naming that was named radial scar by Hamperl [79] and scleroelastotic lesion by Eusebi et al. [80]. More recently, the definition of complex sclerosing lesion (CSL) has been proposed. RS is characterized by a central area mimicking a scar, containing one to several ducts showing obliterative mastopathy, and surrounded by elastic fibers. In addition, other ducts converge into the scar-like area in a stellate fashion. The epithelium lining the latter ducts may show a great variety of changes, the most frequent being benign epitheliosis (usual ductal hyperplasia). The central scar-like area together with stellate appearance of the outer ducts easily mimics an invasive carcinoma, both on radiological and histological grounds. RS can be detected during screening mammography and now even more often by tomosynthesis, therefore sampled by CNB or by VAB. There is general agreement that RS alone is a benign lesion, but RS can be occasionally associated with carcinoma. When RS is associated to atypia (such as flat epithelial atypia (FEA), atypical ductal (ADH), or lobular neoplasia (classical LN)), management can the same as recommended in cases of atypia alone. Management is more controversial in cases without atypical lesions. In these cases, upgrade of cancers is associated with architectural distortions and larger masses (≥ 10 mm), calcifications, and older age [69, 71]. The recently published data suggest that in cases of RS diagnosed using CNB or VAB, it must be taken into consideration that (a) accurate and detailed radiological–pathological correlations must be obtained; (b) lesions < 10 mm have lower rate of cancer upgrading; (c) histology is vital in the evaluation of presence or absence of atypical features within the lesion. Table 8 summarizes the literature update on radial scar since 2015.
Voting
If a CNB returned RS/CSL on histology,
85% of the participants thought the lesion should be excised. 72% thought therapeutic VAB excision was acceptable and 26% thought therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed.
If a VAB returned RS/CSL on histology,
2% of the participants thought that therapeutic open surgical excision should be performed and 98% thought that surveillance was adequate (Table 9).
Consensus recommendation of the panel
A RS/CSL lesion, which is visible on imaging should undergo therapeutic excision with VAB. Thereafter surveillance is justified (Table 10).
Tables 9 and 10 show the summaries of the votings and the recommendations for each B3 lesion.
Discussion
The panel agreed that underestimation rates should be below 5% for IC and below 10% for DCIS. If a certain B3 lesion shows an upgrade rate of more than 10%, in general surveillance was not recommended. Computer-aided decision making would be of interest. Bahl et al. [91] show the potential of machine learning methodology in the field of high-risk breast lesions predicting the risk of upgrade (editorial by Shaffer [92]).
Other recommendations [93, 94] favor recommendations from the consensus meetings. They do not explicitly propose VAB as we do, probably due to the fact, that VAB is not so well established in other countries yet.
The 2018 recommendations confirm largely the 2016 recommendations. Results presented in the recent literature confirm the 2016 recommendations for surveillance after a B3 lesion diagnosed by VAB or CNB, especially for FEA, RS, PL, and PT. Upgrade rates are high in ADH and in LN which are not only focal or an incidental finding especially if pathological–radiological concordance is not given. LN lesions with pleomorphic, extended features, and LN with necrosis should be reported as B5a lesions and should undergo OE as DCIS. Our recommendations for ADH are slightly less liberal in 2018 than in 2016 and tend more towards OE.
Change history
31 May 2019
The article Second International Consensus Conference on lesions of uncertain malignant potential in the breast (B3 lesions), written by Christoph J Rageth, Elizabeth AM O’Flynn, Katja Pinker, Rahel A Kubik-Huch, Alexander Mundinger, Thomas Decker, Christoph Tausch, Florian Dammann, Pascal A. Baltzer, Eva Maria Fallenberg, Maria P Foschini, Sophie Dellas, Michael Knauer, Caroline Malhaire, Martin Sonnenschein, Andreas Boos, Elisabeth Morris, Zsuzsanna Varga, was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on November 30, 2018 without open access.
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We would like to thank all members of the MIBB working group for their reliable good work of entering data for all of their patients who had a VAB. Active breast units entering data in 2017 were as follows: Institut für Radiologie, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau (D.Schwegler-Guggemos), Radiologie, Brust-Zentrum Hirslanden Kliniken Aarau Cham Zug, Aarau (W.Santner), Interdisziplinäres Brustzentrum Baden, Kantonsspital Baden, Baden (R.Kubik-Huch), Radiologie St. Claraspital, St. Claraspital Basel, Basel (C.Oursin), Radiologisches Institut, Bethesda-Spital Basel, Basel (P.Trabucco), Frauenklinik Radiologie, Brustzentrum Universitätsspital Basel, Basel (S.Dellas), Radiologie Nordwest, IMAMED, Basel (A.Schmid), Ospedale San Giovanni, Centro di Senologia della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona (S.Zehbe), Radiologie, Lindenhofspital Bern, Bern (S.Gasser), Praxis und Senologie Lindenhofspital, Gemeinschaftspraxis Brun del Re/Thomi, Bern (R.Brun del Re), Brustzentrum, Inselspital, Bern (J.Krol), Klinik Engeried, Brustzentrum Bern, Bern (M.Sonnenschein), Radiologie, Hirslanden Brustzentrum Bern Biel, Bern (P.Sager), Radiologie, Spitalzentrum Biel, Biel (U.Tesche), Hauptstrasse 11, Praxisklinik Binningen, Binningen (D.Musfeld), Brust-Zentrum, Spital Bülach, Bülach (M.L.Kaufmann), Radiologie, Clinique des Grangettes, Chênes-Bougeries (K.Kinkel), Frauenklinik Fontana, Brustzentrum Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur (P.Fehr), Brustzentrum Thurgau/Radiologie, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Brustzentrum Radiologie, Frauenfeld (D.Wetter), Brustzentrum Thurgau/Frauenklinik, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld (M.Fehr), Radiologie, Hôpital cantonal Fribourg, Fribourg (Q.D.Vo), Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Daler, Fribourg (PDi Blasio), Radiologie, Institut ImageRive, Genève (F.Couson), L’Institut d’Imagerie Médicale, Imagerie médicale Genève, Genève (V.Cerny), Service de Radiologie. Unité de radiologie gynécologique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Genève, Genève (D.Botsikas), Institut d’Imagerie Médicale, Clinique Genolier, Genolier (S.Schlup Pidoux), Radiologie, Kantonales Spital Grabs, Grabs (D.Wruk), Centre d’imagerie sénologique, Imagerie du Flon, Lausanne (D.Lepori), RAD Radiologie Diagnostique et Radiologie Interventionnelle, CHUV, Lausanne (J.-Y.Meuwly), Radiologie, Clinique de la Source, Lausanne (R.-M.Maréchal), Centro di Radiologia e Senologia Luganese, Centro di Radiologia e Senologia Luganese, Lugano (G.Kampmann), Clinica Sant’Anna, Clinica Sant’Anna, Lugano (D.Faedda), Radiologie, EOC Lugano, Lugano (V. A.Vitale), Radiologie, Senologia Ticino, Breast Unit, Lugano (E.Pusterla), Radiologie-Mammadiagnostik, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern (C.Kurtz), Gynäkologie, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern (S.Bucher), Hirslanden-Klinik St. Anna, Senologie, Hirslanden-Klinik St. Anna, Luzern (R.Goette), Radiologie, Spital Männedorf, Männedorf (C.Stoupis), Brustteam Zürich, Brustteam Zürich, Richterswil (R.Stoffel), Frauenklinik/Brustzentrum SenoSuisse, Kantonsspital Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen (K.Breitling), Spital Limmattal Radiologie, Brustzentrum Zürich-West, Schlieren (S.Potthast), Radiologie, Röntgeninstitut Schwyz AG, Schwyz (A.Mayer), Radiologie, Institut de Radiologie de Sion, Sion (D.Fournier), Gynäkologie und Gebursthilfe, Kantonsspital Solothurn, Solothurn (F.Maurer-Marti), Tumor- und Brustzentrum ZeTuP, St. Gallen, Tumor- und Brustzentrum ZeTuP, St. Gallen, St. Gallen (V.Dupont Lampert), Brustzentrum Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Brustzentrum St. Gallen, St. Gallen (D.Matt), Radiologie im Silberturm, Radiologie im Silberturm, St.Gallen (A.Papathanassiou), Radiologie, Spital STS AG, Thun (I.Honnef), Frauenklinik, GZO Spital Wetzikon, Wetzikon (J.Schneider), Frauenklinik Kantonsspital Winterthur, Brustzentrum Kantonsspital Winterthur/RIL, Winterthur (T.Hess), Radiologie, Radiologie am Graben, Winterthur (P.Scherr), Radiologie, Radiologiezentrum Zug, Zug (M.Livers), Brust-Zentrum Zürich Seefeld, Brust-Zentrum Zürich Seefeld, Zürich (C.Tausch), Brustzentrum, Klinik im Park Hirslanden, Zürich (S.Hosch), Gynäkologie/Radiologie, BrustCentrum Zürich-Bethanien, Zürich (O.Köchli), Klinik für Gynäkologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zürich (D.Fink), Frauenklinik Maternité, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich (S.von Orelli).
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Rageth, C.J., O’Flynn, E.A.M., Pinker, K. et al. Second International Consensus Conference on lesions of uncertain malignant potential in the breast (B3 lesions). Breast Cancer Res Treat 174, 279–296 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-018-05071-1
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