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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
Colour Doppler scanning was carried out on 53 patients with solid, discrete breast masses. Twenty-five of 32 breast cancers and none of 21 benign lesions gave a positive scan, giving a sensitivity of 78 per cent for association with malignancy, a specificity of 100 per cent and a positive predictive value of 100 per cent. Tumours less than 1 cm in diameter and invasive lobular cancers were least likely to give a positive scan. Axillary node scans were performed in 31 of 32 patients with breast cancer with 29 undergoing an axillary staging procedure. Nine patients had a positive axillary scan and all nine had involved axillary nodes. Three patients had involved axillary nodes, but a negative axillary scan. The sensitivity of colour Doppler scanning for axillary node involvement was 75 per cent, with a specificity of 100 per cent and a positive predictive value of 100 per cent.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0007-1323
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
259-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Colour Doppler ultrasonography studies of benign and malignant breast lesions.
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article