title: [Imaging methods in breast diagnosis--value and choice of methods in general practice].
abstract: X-ray mammography continues to represent the most efficient imaging method for the diagnosis of breast disease and ultimately reduce mortality from breast cancer. Ultrasound is the most valuable supplementary method and is particularly useful to differentiate cystic from solid lesions. Today it is used mostly in the dense breast, as e.g. in young patients. All other imaging methods as thermography, diaphanoscopy, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging have not gained any importance and are particularly not useful for screening a large number of patients. In this paper all these imaging methods and our personal experience with them are briefly discussed. The importance of implementing mammographic screening programs to detect breast cancer is stressed, particularly considering the high incidence of breast cancer in all industrialized countries.
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authors.lastname: Nidecker
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Bildgebende Methoden bei der Mammadiagnostik--Aussagekraft und Methodenwahl in der Praxis.