title: Breast screening and surgical problems.
abstract: The Edinburgh Breast Screening Clinic in its first year completed the initial screening examination of 3005 invited women, who were apparently in good health, aged between 40 and 60 years; 141 were referred for a surgical opinion; 70 women ultimately underwent biopsy and 9 proved to have carcinoma. The indications for biopsy are described together with methods of management of the various lesions.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D014984:Xeromammography