EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST-CANCER - EXPERIENCE IN A CONSULTANT BREAST CLINIC
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 116 (10) , 1129-1131
Abstract
Of 2839 women referred to a consultant breast clinic for clinical, mammographic and thermographic examination, 480 underwent biopsy and 126 had cancer. Ten percent of the tumors were occult and classified as very early biologic disease. They were identified by routine mammography in women whose breasts were clinically normal. Biopsy of solid mass lesions non-suspicious on mammography identified 20% of the cancers. Half these lesions, classified as early biologic disease, were discovered by doctors at routine annual clinical breast examination, though the earliest cancers were detected by women who were confident and competent in monthly self examination of the breasts. Biopsy of solid mass lesions suspicious on mammography identified 70% of the cancers. These were classified as late biologic disease. Skin or nipple dimpling or retraction was evident in 2/3 of the patients. Their lesions seemed to be later biologically than the lesions of the patients without clinical signs, and 75% discovered the lesions themselves accidentally.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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