Tuesday, 22 January 2008

Lesion and Patient Characteristics Associated with Malignancy After a Probably Benign Finding on Community Practice Mammography

Constance D. Lehman, Carolyn M. Rutter, Peter R. Eby, Emily White, Diana S. M. Buist, and Stephen H. Taplin
AJR 2008;190:511-515
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/190/2/511

In community practice, patient and lesion mammographic characteristics can be predictive of the likelihood of a subsequent cancer diagnosis of mammographic lesions designated as probably benign. Careful evaluation of mass margins and of the morphologic features of calcifications can help distinguish a malignant lesion from a probably benign finding

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