OBJECTIVES:
* Determine the feasibility of temperature-monitored, ultrasound-guided cryosurgery in women with highly suspicious breast lesions.
* Determine the safety of this procedure in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients undergo cryoablation of up to two breast lesions. Within 3-21 days, patients undergo lumpectomy or mastectomy.
Patients are followed at 1, 4, 8, and 12 weeks after lumpectomy or mastectomy.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 25 patients will be accrued for this study.
