Discussion
cancer, anxiety
CANCER
Preoperative breast localization using hook wire remains the gold standard technique. But it has restrictive time requirements for surgeons and radiologists. It also causes patient discomfort and anxiety. Thus, this has led to finding and developing wire free alternatives. In this study, we focus on the wire free localization using RFID tag. Wazir et al. have shown that wireless localization using RFID is an effective and time-efficient alternative to wire guided localization [Moreover, the RFID study is the first study in France which specifically assesses the interest of the RFID localization in terms of patients comfort. Patient comfort is one of the key elements to take into consideration when managing patients in oncology and new technologies such as RFID tags could improve it.However, the RFID technique has a major drawback: it remains more expensive than the hook wire technique. Nonetheless, in the long term, a generalization of the technique in comprehensive cancer centers and hospitals could allow a cost reduction.