title: [Exulcerating breast cancer].
abstract: 24,000 women a year are submitted in the Federal Republic of Germany to surgery because of breast cancer. This disease causes about 10,000 deaths a year. Early diagnosis by preventative check-up and wide-spread awareness of the disease in the population gives the best chance for reducing mortality. However, in our study we found that only 38% of the patients were presented at a favourable stage. Every tenth patient already had involvement of the thoracic wall or of the skin. Every sixteenth patient had an ulcerated carcinoma of the breast.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic
vernacular_title: Das exulzerierende Mammakarzinom.