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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Palpable mass detected or confirmed by clinician* * If the physician does not concur with the patient regarding the presence of a mass, confirm that routine screening is up to date, and advise the patient to return if concern persists. • Patients should be informed about their options for image-guided core needle biopsy. Δ Consider referral to surgeon for excision of mass >2 cm. ◊ Ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive cancer. § Image-guided core needle biopsy or ultrasound after two cycles at discretion of radiologist. ¥ Lesions that may fit this category include LCIS, atypical lobular hyperplasia, atypical ductal hyperplasia, radial scar (benign sclerosing lesion), some papillary lesions, mucin-producing lesions, and potential phyllodes tumor. Copyrighted and used with permission of the Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, all rights reserved.