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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: A systematic review on the use of the breast lesion excision system in breast disease

Authors, publication year and country

Study type; Study period

Number of lesionsa

Entry criteria

Age (years)b

Basket size (mm)

Lesion size (mm)b

Guidance type

Sie et al. 2006, USA (4)

Retrospective;

2002–2004

742

Breast lesions with microcalcifications

NA

10, 15

NA

Stereotactic

Killebrew et al. 2006, USA (9)

Retrospective;

2003–2004

800

Mammographic lesions presenting as microcalcifications

NA

10, 15

NA

Stereotactic

Allen et al. 2011, UK (5)

Prospective;

2007-NA

76

Sub-centimeter breast lesions

NA

15, 20

7.1 (2–10)

Ultrasound + stereotactic

Seror et al. 2011, France (10)

Prospective;

2008–2009

166

Microcalcifications

55.7 (31–93)

12, 15, 20

8.1 (2–25)

Ultrasound + stereotactic

Diepstraten et al. 2011, Netherlands (11)

Prospective;

2010

19

Mammographic lesions presenting as microcalcifications

59 (37–74)

15, 20

8 (2–76)

Stereotactic

Whitworth et al. 2011, USA (6)

Prospective;

2006–2010

1170

Mammographic lesion recommended for image-guided core-needle breast biopsy

NA

15, 20

NA

Stereotactic

Razek et al. 2013, Egypt (12)

Prospective;

2012

80

Small breast lesions with unclassified microcalcifications

NA (21–55)

15, 20

9 (4–16)

Ultrasound + stereotactic

Medjhoul et al. 2013, France (13)

Retrospective;

2010–2012

31

Mammographic lesions presenting as calcifications or masses

61.2 (NA)

12, 15, 20

10 (3–38)

Stereotactic

Al-Harethee et al. 2013, Greece (7)

Prospective;

2008–2010

134

Mammographic lesions presenting as microcalcifications, solid lesions or asymmetric density

51.3 ± 10.3

12, 15, 20

NA

Stereotactic

Allen et al. 2014, UK (14)

Prospective;

2007–2009

41

Sub-centimeter breast lesions

NA

15, 20

5.7 (1–10)

Ultrasound + stereotactic

Al-Harethee et al. 2015, Greece (15)

Prospective;

2009–2012

273

Suspicious, non-palpable mammographic lesions

54.4 ± 10.4

12, 15, 20

NA

Stereotactic

Scaperrotta et al. 2016, Italy (16)

Retrospective;

2010–2014

105

Mammographic lesions presenting as microcalcifications measuring up to 1 cm

55 (38–81)

15, 20

≤ 10 (NA)

Stereotactic

Graham, 2017, USA (17)

Prospective;

2007–2014

461

US visualized lesions measuring up to 2 cm

NA (23–88)

12, 15, 20

< 20 (NA)

Ultrasound

Milos et al. 2017, Austria (20)

Retrospective;

2011–2015

34

Microcalcifications

55 (31–75)

12, 15, 20

8 (4–15)

Stereotactic

Sklair-Levy et al. 2017, Israel (21)

Prospective; 2012–2016

111

Benign or atypical high-risk lesions

50.5 (21–91)

12, 15, 20

< 20 (NA)

Ultrasound + stereotactic

Papapanagiotou et al. 2017, Greece (22)

Retrospective; 2010–2014

50

Pathological diagnosis of a carcinoma lesion

61.8 (43–80)

12, 15, 20

12.7 (1.5–30)

Stereotactic

Niinikoski et al. 2018, Finland (23)

Retrospective; 2011–2016

80

Histological or cytological and radiological suspicion of an intraductal papilloma

60 (25–84)

12, 15, 20

7 (3–16)

Ultrasound + stereotactic

  1. NA not available
  2. aNumber of lesions treated with BLES procedure
  3. bUnless otherwise stated, data are means, with ranges in parentheses