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THE POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAMMARY DYSPLASIA AND BREAST CANCER
Author(s) -
Renwick Stuart B.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1976.tb03245.x
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , dysplasia , biopsy , cancer , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , mammary gland , gynecology , oncology , physics , optics
The literature concerning a possible association between benign mammary dysplasia and breast cancer is reviewed. Prospective studies confirm a higher increase in the incidence of breast cancer in patients with clinically and biopsy proven benign mammary dysplasia than in those in whom it has not shown to be present. A plea is made for active follow‐up of these patients.