Wire Localization

Needle localizations are commonly performed by radiologists before excisional biopsy of breast lesions, using one of a number of commercially available needle and wire systems such as the Kopans wire.
 This article incorporates public domain material from the U.S. National Cancer Institute document "Dictionary of Cancer Terms".

Wire localization is a

A wire (long single arrows)

by wire localization,

my lumpectomy surgery was

without wire localization)

Needle-localized breast biopsy

a procedure that examines

Needle-localized breast biopsy

A wire localization biopsy may

Lumpectomy Procedure

A procedure called

Wire Localization \x26amp; Breast

Wire Localization

At surgery, the surgeon uses a

with wire localization.

using wire localization.

During a lumpectomy, a small

show localization of

show localization of

than wire localization,