title: [Value of palpation findings in breast examination].
abstract: During a period of 3.5 years 13,214 patients were examined in a specialised breast clinic; 87% of the women had been referred by gynaecologists. 73% of the 160 carcinomas discovered 65% of the 143 fibroadenomas and 32% of the 982 cysts were palpable. Among 2,355 patients with a positive palpation, a carcinoma was found only in 5% of cases, whilst a carcinoma was found in 0.4% of the 10,819 patients with negative palpation. Therefore the use of apparatus in breast diagnosis is highly recommended both to avoid unnecessary surgery and to discover small cancers.
authors.affiliation: Praxis-Gemeinschaft Marburg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mühlberger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lauth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016504:Breast Self-Examination; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
vernacular_title: Zur Wertigkeit des Tastbefundes bei der Brustuntersuchung.