title: [A cytologic diagnosis of breast secretions--application of cytology to the mass survey of breast cancer].
abstract: From January 1982 to March 1987, an exfoliative cytological examination of abnormal nipple discharge was carried out on 790 patients. Of 22 histologically confirmed mammary carcinomas, 7 cases (31.8%) were diagnosed as positive by conventional cytologic techniques. By using the concentration method, in which the nipple secretion was collected in a series of testings that lasted 3 to 5 days and stored in a glass tube containing a fixative, the diagnostic accuracy was seen to increase significantly and 9 out of 15 malignant cases (60.0%) were accurately diagnosed as having cancer. Moreover, all 5 cases without any palpable mass were found to be positive by the smears made by this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer Detection Center.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukahori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000378:metabolism*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009558:Nipples / Q000378:metabolism*