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6701369

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
Experience with 469 clinically occult breast lesions is presented. The overall incidence of malignancy observed was 32%, just about one in three. The technique of needle-guided biopsy is described, insuring precise localization and excision of minute radiographic findings, yet without leaving a conspicuous scar to remind the patient of her experience. Although it is too early to speculate about a possible increase in survival of these "earliest" breast cancers, the observed decreased incidence of axillary node metastasis implies a lowered death rate from breast cancer in these patients. It is not unreasonable to extrapolate the extent of patient salvage from axillary node status. Many of these cancers were uncovered in the course of screening asymptomatic patients, and this further implies the efficacy of such screening programs in the early detection of breast cancer. The surprisingly high incidence of multicentricity in these tiny cancers must not be ignored when recommending adequate and appropriate therapy for these impalpable malignancies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0080-0015
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
125-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Localization and significance of clinically occult breast lesions: experience with 469 needle-guided biopsies.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article