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Risk for breast cancer development determined by mammographic parenchymal pattern
Author(s) -
Wolfe John N.
Publication year - 1976
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(197605)37:5<2486::aid-cncr2820370542>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , parenchyma , mammography , incidence (geometry) , cancer detection , radiology , gynecology , cancer , pathology , physics , optics
Abstract A classification of risk for developing breast cancer has been devised based solely on the appearance of the breast parenchyma by mammography. Four groups of patients were isolated. The study encompassed a five‐year period and was done by reviewing the mammograms of all women over the age of 30 who had been examined at Hutzel Hospital, Detroit. The average time of followup would be approximately 21/2 years. Four groups had an incidence of developing breast cancer of 0.1, 0.4, 1.7, and 2.2. These parenchymal patterns are described and criteria for their identification are given.