Background
breast lesions, breast cancers, cancer, Breast cancer, cancer death, infection, breakage
CANCER, BREAST CANCER, BREAST CANCER
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in women with 58,500 new cases in France in 2018. Approximately 50% of breast cancers are discovered at an early stage in mainly young patients and for whom conservative surgery is indicated. Intraoperative localization of non-palpable breast lesions is generally accomplished using a hook wire to mark the area of concern under ultrasound or stereotactic localization.However, this technique has several drawbacks. Indeed, it appears as a relatively painful and anxious procedure for patients. It can also be a source of difficulty for the surgeon, because only the entry point is visible: the orientation and length of the wire are assessed on a control image. Moreover, it leads to a time coordination obligation between radiologists and surgeons since the localization device cannot remain in place for more than 24 h. Finally, because the end of the hook wire comes out at one end of the breast and goes through the skin it can be associated with a risk of infection, breakage, accidental exposure to blood or wire dislodgement.During the last decades, other localization techniques have been studied as alternatives to hook wire [To date, few articles address radiofrequency localization, and most studies are of recent publication [