title: Breast cancer: diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
abstract: This article reviews staging of breast cancer and treatment protocols for the disease, then examines several different types of breast cancer. Each type is described in terms of its mammographic, sonographic and histologic appearance, along with its treatment and prognosis. The author concludes with a discussion of magnetic resonance imaging's role in breast cancer detection and treatment planning.
authors.affiliation: Breast Health Center, Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Neb., USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018299:Neoplasms, Ductal, Lobular, and Medullary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy