(screen-detected primary breast cancer, grade I, treated with mastectomy, and fatty breast tissue on surveillance mammogram) and least favorable (clinically detected primary breast cancer, grade II, treated with lumpectomy without radiotherapy, and extremely dense breast tissue on mammography) profiles....
Characteristics associated with earlier follow-up included family history of breast cancer (OR = 0.93; 95% CI, 0.88-0.98), symptoms at time of mammogram (OR = 0.79; 95% CI, 0.70-0.88), or extremely dense breasts (OR = 0.82; 95% CI, 0.69-0.96). For diagnostic mammograms, symptoms at...
One week later, a second mammogram was performed. The second radiologist noted very dense tissue but no evidence of malignancy. No follow-up was recommended. One year later, the patient presented to her gynecologist with a complaint of a breast lump. The gynecologist ordered bilateral mammograms ...
Women of 50 years or older may be referred to national breast screening programmes, as an alternative for control visits in the hospital, but younger women generally are not covered by these programmes. Previous studies have mainly focussed on the effectiveness of different follow-up strategies ...
Findings identified with screening breast ultrasound require correlation with the mammogram and patient history. 2. The majority of non-simple cysts encountered on screening breast ultrasound may not require short interval follow-up. 3. Handheld screening breast ultrasound in women with dense breast ...