Breast cancer screening in a general practice.
No one diagnostic method is adequate in isolation. Until a specific non invasive test for detection of breast carcinoma is available, it is important that the family doctor maintains a high index of clinical suspicion when regularly performing breast examinations, encourages screening mammography to confirm or detect disease and refers for needle aspiration-excision biopsy earlier rather than later. A combination of these measures and a regular review by the family general practitioner will result in earlier detection of breast carcinoma with an improved prognosis for the patient.
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