Breast cyst type does not predict the natural history of cyst disease or breast cancer risk
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 75 (7) , 702-704
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800750726
Abstract
The sodium (Na) and potassium (K) concentrations were measured in the fluid of 169 breast cysts aspirated from 101 consecutive patients presenting to a single clinic. The Na/K ratio was used to define cysts as either apocrine (Na/K < 3) or flattened (Na/K > 3) in type. There was no consistency in the type of cyst for individual patients. Cyst type was not predictive of further cyst development, neither was a particular cyst type associated with the development of, or a history of, breast cancer.Keywords
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