Diagnosis of early stage of breast cancer by mammography
Kujiraoka, Y.; Murakami, A.
Nihon Rinsho. Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine 64(3): 486-490
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0047-1852 PMID: 16529039 Document Number: 604829
The incidence of small breast carcinoma especially of non-palpable lesion is increasing after introduction of mammography screening. The tumor of which diameter is less than 2 cm, non invasive carcinoma, and Paget's disease are included in early stage of breast cancer. This article introduces the rate of early stage breast cancer in the mammography screening and the feature of these mammographic findings. Furthermore, we are going to reevaluate mammographical findings, occurrence of invasion, and evaluation the size of the lesion by mammography which are thought to be important for the diagnosis of early stage of breast cancer.