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Breast Cancer Screening
Excision is recommended for all stellate lesions detected by mammography
February 23rd, 2006
Excision is recommended for all stellate lesions detected by mammography. Investigators at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in England conducted a study "to determine the incidence of pre-malignant and malignant conditions in radial scars identified from screening mammograms in women taking part in the UK NHS breast cancer screening program." All women in our screening population from 1988 to 2002 with a radiological diagnosis of radial scar or complex sclerosing lesion confirmed on subsequent histopathology were included in this study," stated T. Fasih and colleagues. "Patients were investigated with fine needle aspiration cytology then localization...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-23)
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