["Interventional radiology" in breast examination]

The data on such highly-effective invasive diagnostico-therapeutic procedures as ductography, sclerosing-solution cystography, X-ray-controled puncture biopsy, stereotactical computer technique, sonography and preoperative maging of nonpalpable lesions were analyzed following a complex mammographic examination of 20,000 patients with different breast pathologies. Advantages offered by complex breast examination are discussed. Among them were the use of optimal effects of each invasive procedure, an accuracy of preoperative diagnosis reaching 95-98% (nonpalpable breast lesions included) and a significantly reduced extent of breast surgery.