Mammography

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Abstract
THE ULTIMATE responsibility for the diagnosis of breast cancer and the decision for surgical consultation rests on the primary physician, who should be well acquainted with both the advantages and the limitations of the various modalities for diagnosing breast disease. Mammography is an accurate and widely available procedure, but it is essential for the clinician to be able to communicate with the radiologist so that he can make an informed selection of patients to be referred for mammography. The goal of every mammographic interpretation is the confirmation or exclusion of the presence of a malignant lesion. The radiologist must indicate in his report the degree of certainty of his diagnosis. Undertaken as long ago as 1913 by Salomon, mammography is not a new procedure. Later, Warren, Hicken, Leborgne, and others worked extensively on breast radiography and duct injection. However, it was not until the late 1950s and early 1960s, when