A thorough, precise diagnosis of breast cancer increases the chance of successful treatment. From traditional, time-tested methods to novel, innovative approaches, the NYU Cancer Institute offers a full spectrum of techniques to diagnose breast cancer, including:
- imaging techniques such as mammography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- ductal lavage and ductoscopy
- fine-needle aspiration biopsy, core-needle biopsy, stereotactic and ultrasound localization, and surgical biopsy, with tissue analysis conducted by NYU's expert pathologists
- genetic profile analysis