title: The non-palpable, radiographically suspicious breast lesion: an analysis of 101 cases.
abstract: Analysis of 94 patients with 101 non-palpable, radiographically suspicious, breast lesions revealed 46 malignancies (46%). Comparison of the malignant lesions with 225 palpable carcinomas (221 patients) removed surgically during the same period, showed a higher incidence of carcinoma in situ. Contrary, lymph-node metastases and distant metastases were, at the time of operation, distinctly less than in the patients with non-palpable malignant lesions. A breast-conserving therapy was more often feasible in patients with nonpalpable malignant lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Diakonessenhuis, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Perre
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hoynck van Papendrecht
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Sierink
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Muller
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation