title: Impact of screening mammography and change in surgeons' attitudes on the pattern of primary care of breast cancer at a community hospital.
abstract: To gauge the impact of screening mammography and opinions regarding surgical procedures on the pattern of primary surgical care of breast cancer, tumor registry statistics from 1980-81 were compared to those from 1987 at a large community hospital. Over the course of six years, there was a significant increase in the proportion of patients with smaller tumors. Breast-conserving procedures increased from 8% to 39% of all therapeutic surgery. However, there was no change in the stage of the tumor at presentation because of an atypically low incidence of nodal involvement in 1980-81.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology, Boca Raton Community Hospital, Florida.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Goldsweig
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D013502:General Surgery; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012042:Registries; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology