[Diagnosis of breast cancer in the gynecology department].
Breast examinations were performed in 4199 women by a simultaneous carrying out of clinical investigation, thermography and mammography, and, if needed, also by ultrasonic examination and aspiration cytology. A total of 169 women were referred to treatment and biopsy. Among them, 78 had breast cancer. In 6 patients ca in situ intraductale was discovered, while the disease was limited to the breast with negative lymph nodes in the axilla in 48 (61.5%) patients. Mammography proved more successful than clinical investigation. Its sensitivity amounted to 92% and that of clinical investigation only to 69%. The cost of a complete diagnostic process (on the first of April, 1986) was 5.717 dinars, which means that the cost of a diagnosed carcinoma was 307.765 dinars.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
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