Because needle biopsy is often a reliable diagnostic investigation, some doctors may decide to surgical remove the lesion. While opting instead for clinical follow – up to serially observation. With a growth rate of less than 16% per month in women under fifty years of age, and growth rate of less than 13% per month in women over fifty years of age being considered a safe growth.
Europe recently recognized an alternative treatment called, Echotherapy that uses high intensity focused ultra sound to treat Breast Fibroadenoma. This method which is non-invasive and relies upon tissue heating to destroy Fibroadenoma cells. A French Company, Theraction develop an echotherapy device for benign tumor treatment especially Breast Fibroadenoma.
The F.D.A. has approved Cryoblation (the use of extreme cold to destroy tissue) of Fibroadenoma as a safe, effective and minimally invasive to open surgical removal in 2001. In this procedure, ultrasound imagining is used to guide a probe into the mass of the breast tissue. Extremely cold temperature is used to destroy the abnormal cells and overtime these cells are reabsorbed into the body.
This procedure can be performed in an office setting with local anesthesia and leaves substantially less scarring than open surgical procedures and no breast tissue deformation.