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Published in: Breast Cancer Research 1/2013

01-11-2013 | Poster presentation

PB.48: Old habits die hard: breast imaging of symptomatic 35 to 39 year olds

Authors: FM Singh, S Gadde

Published in: Breast Cancer Research | Special Issue 1/2013

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The Best Practice Diagnostic Guidelines for Patients Presenting with Breast Symptoms were published in 2010 and suggest patients younger than 40 years should undergo breast ultrasound (US) as first-line imaging, with additional mammography for indeterminate and suspicious clinical or US findings. However, our current departmental guidelines are to use first-line mammography in patients aged 35 and over. The aims were to quantify the use of imaging modalities and cancer detection; to assess whether additional information gained by mammography changed management; and to quantify how many fewer mammograms would have been performed if we had adhered to the 2010 Guidelines. …
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Title
PB.48: Old habits die hard: breast imaging of symptomatic 35 to 39 year olds
Authors
FM Singh
S Gadde
Publication date
01-11-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Breast Cancer Research / Issue Special Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr3548

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