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Experience with screening for breast carcinoma
Author(s) -
Griesbach Walter A.,
Eads William S.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196611)19:11<1548::aid-cncr2820191115>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , mammography , physical examination , breast examination , breast carcinoma , incidence (geometry) , gynecology , carcinoma , breast cancer , obstetrics , radiology , cancer , physics , optics
Examination of 12,245 women by mammography and clinical examination during one year demonstrated that both modalities may contribute to the detection of breast carcinoma. In women younger than 50 mammography was less effective as a screening procedure; in women older than 50 mammography was more sensitive than physical examination. Available data suggests that the detection rate observed was comparable to the incidence rate reported by other investigators.