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Incidence of Invasive Breast Cancer and/or Ductal Breast Cancer in Patients with Intraductal Papilloma without Atypia or Flat Epithelial Atypia after Core Needle Biopsy

Trial Status: closed to accrual

This clinical trial studies core tissue collection in detecting the incidence of cancer marked by a tendency to spread, especially into healthy surrounding tissue (invasive) and/or ductal breast carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in patients with intraductal papilloma without atypia (IPWA) or flat epithelial atypia (FEA) who have undergone core needle biopsy. Studying tissue samples from patients with FEA or IPWA may help doctors determine how often cancer is identified by excisional biopsy near an initial core biopsy where FEA or IPWA has previously been seen. It may also help doctors advise their patients as to whether they need to have a surgical biopsy, when FEA or IPWA are seen on needle biopsy, to rule out the presence of breast cancer.