Radial scars diagnosed on breast core biopsy: Frequency of atypia and carcinoma on excision and implications for management

In this series, none of the benign radial scars was upgraded to carcinoma. Radial scar was the targeted lesion in all cases with high-risk lesions on excision. Surgical excision may not be mandatory for patients with benign incidental radial scars on core biopsy.