The addition of mammography to breast carcinoma screening in a general gynecology practice. One year's experience.
Obstetrician-gynecologists must be in the vanguard of the effort to reduce the death rate from breast carcinoma for it is they who regularly examine a large number of American women. Routine mammography was incorporated into a general gynecologic practice and was recommended for all women over 30. Of 750 women clinically examined, 524 had mammography, and there were 8 carcinomas detected in this group. Six of these were detected by mammography, 5 by mammography alone. Four of these 5 were in situ lesions. In 2 cases the clinical examination was suspicious and the mammography negative. Only 2 of the 8 patients with cancer fell into the commonly cited "high-risk" groups. Based on this experience, suggestions are made for incorporation of mammography into the routine gynecologic examination.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000592:standards; D012306:Risk; D014986:Xeroradiography