title: Ductal lavage: clinical utility and future promise.
abstract: This article discusses the use of ductal lavage to enhance the tolerability, efficiency, and reproducibility of collecting breast duct epithelial cells for analysis for breast cancer risk assessment. Aspects discussed include the rationale for use of ductal lavage, identification of appropriate candidates for the procedure, clinical implications, ongoing evaluation of the procedure, and its future utility.
authors.affiliation: Breast Cancer Research, Baylor-Sammons Cancer Center, US Oncology, 3535 Worth Street, Collins 5, Dallas, TX 75246, USA. joyce.o'shaughnessy@usoncology.com
authors.forename: Joyce A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: O'Shaughnessy
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009558:Nipples / Q000473:pathology; D013396:Suction; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*