title: Controversies in benign breast disease.
abstract: Breast health means more than breast cancer. At least 50% of patients seen at a multidisciplinary breast center have benign conditions. Pain, nipple discharge, and a question of a mass are the usual chief complaints. This article provides contemporary information and management guidelines for the common breast conditions associated with these complaints.
authors.affiliation: Breast Health Center, Women and Infants' Hospital, Departments of Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Marchant
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000628:therapy; D009558:Nipples / Q000503:physiopathology; D059408:Pain Management; D018570:Risk Assessment