Patent ID: 6978788
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A minimally invasive, same day treatment method for diagnosing and removing a small tumor in a breast of an individual, comprising: locating a small tumor of about 1.5 cm diameter or less within the breast via MRI imaging thereof; excising the small tumor from the breast under MRI guidance via a single, sutureless percutaneous excision; diagnosing the excised small tumor as cancerous immediately from touch preparation cytology of a sample therefrom; and ablating a tumor margin around the edge of the excisional site in the breast after excising and diagnosing the tumor; wherein percutaneously excising the small tumor with a single sutureless incision followed by ablating a margin around the excisional site are minimally invasive to the individual in combination with immediately diagnosing the small tumor provides a minimally invasive, same day treatment method for removing said small tumor from a breast of the individual.