Benign breast disease: when to treat, when to reassure, when to refer.
Published
Journal Article
Many women have breast symptoms-swelling and tenderness, nodularity, pain, palpable lumps, nipple discharge, or breast infections and inflammation. Fortunately, relatively few have breast cancer. Physicians must distinguish benign breast conditions from malignant ones, and know when to refer the patient to a specialist. We have included some of the newer diagnostic techniques and the approach to patients with nonpalpable lesions detected on a screening mammogram.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Vaidyanathan, L; Barnard, K; Elnicki, DM
Published Date
- May 2002
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 69 / 5
Start / End Page
- 425 - 432
PubMed ID
- 12022387
Pubmed Central ID
- 12022387
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0891-1150
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.3949/ccjm.69.5.425
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States