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THE USE OF MAMMOGRAPHY IN DIAGNOSIS AND SCREENING
Author(s) -
DOYLE T. C. A.
Publication year - 1982
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.1445-2197.1982.tb06018.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mammography , occult , breast cancer , screening mammography , biopsy , radiology , disease , general surgery , cancer , pathology , alternative medicine
Up to nine per cent of women are destined to have breast cancer. Of these 25% are likely to be occult lesions only detectable on mammography. 1 Early detection is important. Ten year survivals of over 65% can be expected in patients without axillary node Involvement, compared to 25% with nodes. 2 Apart from biopsy, mammography is the most sensitive method of cancer detection and is therefore of considerable help to the surgeon in evaluation of breast disease