{"id":1647,"date":"2026-06-17T23:44:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:44:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:44:56","slug":"needles-used-to-detect-breast-cancer-in-shortage-from-recall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"Needles used to detect breast cancer in shortage from recall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The shortage is expected to last through March 2027, the FDA said in a\u00a0statement. It advised doctors to take measures to conserve their supply of needles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1645\">Kevin Warsh showed that he\u2019s decisively not Trump\u2019s \u2018sock puppet\u2019\u2014and markets didn\u2019t like it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hologic started\u00a0a recall\u00a0in January following reports of metal and plastic pieces dislodging from the needles and getting stuck in patients\u2019 bodies. The company, which was acquired in April by funds managed by Blackstone Inc. and TPG Inc., said at the time of the recall that an internal review of nearly 700,000 needles over a three-year period revealed 108 complaints.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The stereotactic biopsy needles are used to take tissue samples from suspicious masses. They\u2019re connected to a small vacuum that uses pressure to quickly remove a tissue sample, according to a\u00a0guide\u00a0by the Cleveland Clinic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hologic is one of the top sellers of imaging and diagnostic devices for women\u2019s health, particularly those used to detect and treat breast cancer. Its products include mammogram machines, biopsy guiding systems and the tiny metal clips that are left inside the patient to mark where a biopsy was performed. The company\u2019s breast-health business generates about $1.5 billion in sales annually.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hologic said in a\u00a0statement\u00a0that it aims to bring the needles back on the market by the end of 2026. The company also said that it would enable standalone imaging, increase the supply of its other needle products, expedite product deliveries and stabilize its inventory in the interim. It\u2019s working with the FDA and the American College of Radiology to support the community, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time Hologic products have faced safety-related recalls. Its BioZorb implant was pulled in 2024 after hundreds of women reported the product failed to dissolve in their breasts, leading to infections and severe pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1643\">Jensen Huang on his relationship with Trump: \u2018calls me in the middle of the night\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The device was supposed to help breast cancer patients heal after a lumpectomy, which is the surgical procedure to remove tumors while keeping much of the breast intact. \u00a0But some women ended up needing additional surgeries and even mastectomies to remove the breast to resolve the harms caused by BioZorb.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For years, Hologic didn\u2019t report many of those complaints to the FDA despite federal law requiring them to tell the agency within 30 days, Bloomberg previously reported.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0A Faulty Implant Tormented Cancer Patients for Years<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The FDA has received about 20 adverse event reports since the start of this year related to Hologic\u2019s biopsy system. One woman reported a plastic piece sticking out of her biopsy site, while another returned to doctors five months after her biopsy to learn that a lump she felt was a 4 centimeter (1.6 inch) piece of plastic tube along the biopsy path. Others had plastic beads emerge from their biopsy sites.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The shortage is creating \u201cimmediate and substantial\u201d challenges to breast imaging practices across the US, American College of Radiology Chief Executive Officer Dana Smetherman wrote in a\u00a0\u00a0to the FDA in May. Needle scarcity can lead to delayed diagnosis, increased uncertainty of outcomes and the need for more invasive diagnostic methods like surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Risks from particulate matter being left behind in patients include infection, delays in diagnosis and interference with MRI scans, according to Hologic\u2019s customer letter from January. It added that customers may have to undergo additional procedures to remove the fragments.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1641\">Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s pardon bid faces bipartisan pushback in Congress: \u2018Keep him locked up\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hologic aims to bring the needles back on the market by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breast-cancer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Needles used to detect breast cancer in shortage from recall - Cross Country Moving Team<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1647\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Needles used to detect breast cancer in shortage from recall - 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