Cases referred to the surgical unit for workup of breast cancer were recruited into the study by non-probability purposive sampling. After taking a detailed history and physical examination, a true cut biopsy of the breast lump was taken and sent for histopathology, receptor studies, an...
Breast lump had the highest LR, 11.9 [95% confidence interval (CI) 8.0-17.8]; abnormalities of plasma proteins had an LR of 5.0 (95% CI 3.0-8.2) and abnormal serum enzyme levels had an LR of 4.6 (95% CI 3.6-5.9). Early clinical features associated with cancer had been registered ...
Illustrative disease-specific pitfalls included (1) misreading a lung mass as pneumonia on chest radiograph; (2) ordering screening, instead of diagnostic, mammogram in evaluation of breast lump (see eTable 4 in the Supplement for additional breast cancer examples); (3) attributing intermittent ...
Conclusions Breast lump is a major breast disorder among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Ibadan. Routine clinical breast examination and follow up of pregnant women found with breast disorders could facilitate early detection of pregnancy associated breast cancer in low resource settings.Peer...
I HAVE BEEN HAVING SEVERE PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF MY CHEST THAT RADIATES TO THE BACK. WHAT COULD BE THE CAUSE PLS HELP ME 15 wendy ⚠ HI MY NAME IS WENDY AND I WAS DIAGNOSED 3 WEEKS AGO WITH A BENIGN BREAST TUMOUR. I HAVE NOW FOUND ANOTHER LUMP NEXT TO IT. VERY WORRIED AS ...
Introduction Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women worldwide.1 Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), no special type and lobular carcinomas are the three most common histological subtypes.2 The biological composition of breast tumors can vary greatly between patients, with subtypes that ...
In all except two reviewed studies, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women of Ethiopia. The most frequent presenting symptom was a breast lump/mass and commonly affected side was right breast. Most patients presented at a late stage and they were premenopausal age group. The ...
Materials and methods This is a prospective non-selective cohort study of 139 consecutive cases of breast cancer seen in Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2008. Appropriate treatment was given after histological ...
The authors found that male breast cancer generally occurs later in life with higher stage, higher grade, and more estrogen receptor (ER) positive tumours. Most of the studies noted the mean age for MBCs at the time of presentation as >60 years. Risk factors for male breast ...
BreastcancerImmunohistochemistryIntrinsicsubtypesLipid-richcarcinomaLipid-secretingcarcinomaA 57-year-old Japanese woman with schizophrenia, who had received long-term treatment with neuroleptics, noticed a painless, pea-sized lump in her right breast. She was admitted to our hospital and a malignant ...