Report summarizes breast cancer screening study findings from O. Graf and co-researchers

Fresh data on breast cancer screening are presented in the report "Probably benign breast masses at US: is follow-up an acceptable alternative to biopsy." Researchers in Austria conducted a study "To retrospectively determine whether nonpalpable solid breast masses that were partially or completely obscured at mammography and diagnosed as probably benign only at ultrasonography (US) can be safely managed with follow-up. The local ethics committee approved this study; informed consent was not required. In 409 women, 448 nonpalpable solid masses were identified and classified as probably benign at US; at mammography these masses were either partially or completely obscured by dense...

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