Radiology
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Pollei, S. R.
Right arrow Articles by Moskowitz, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Pollei, S. R.
Right arrow Articles by Moskowitz, M.

Radiology, Vol 163, 459-462, Copyright © 1987 by Radiological Society of North America

ARTICLES

Occult breast cancer: prevalence and radiographic detectability

SR Pollei, FA Mettler Jr, SA Bartow, G Moradian and M Moskowitz

The radiographic detectability of occult breast cancer has been difficult to determine. A prospective study of breast disease was carried out that involved the performance of subcutaneous mastectomies in 519 consecutive cases of traumatic or initially unexplained death in New Mexico. Routine mammograms and radiographs of 1-cm specimens were obtained. At least 18 biopsies were performed in each subject. Carcinoma was identified in ten subjects; one subject had metastatic carcinoma from the lung, and two subjects had bilateral breast cancer, for a total of 11 breast cancers identified with microscopic examination. Two of the cancers were seen on whole-breast mammograms, and six were seen on radiographs of thin-section specimens. Four of the 11 breast cancers were apparent only on histologic study of breast tissue that was not suggestive of malignancy. No cancer was found in subjects under the age of 39 years. Five carcinomas were found in the 40-69-year age group; six were found in the 70-year and over age group. No correlation was noted between the radiographic Wolfe parenchymal patterns and the prevalence of breast cancer.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Mol. Endocrinol.Home page
K. B. Horwitz
Commentary: The Year in Basic Science: Update of Estrogen Plus Progestin Therapy for Menopausal Hormone Replacement Implicating Stem Cells in the Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Mol. Endocrinol., December 1, 2008; 22(12): 2743 - 2750.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.Home page
K. B. Horwitz and C. A. Sartorius
Progestins in Hormone Replacement Therapies Reactivate Cancer Stem Cells in Women with Preexisting Breast Cancers: A Hypothesis
J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., September 1, 2008; 93(9): 3295 - 3298.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am. J. Roentgenol.Home page
D. Georgian-Smith, R. H. Moore, E. Halpern, E. D. Yeh, E. A. Rafferty, H. A. D'Alessandro, M. Staffa, D. A. Hall, K. A. McCarthy, and D. B. Kopans
Blinded Comparison of Computer-Aided Detection with Human Second Reading in Screening Mammography
Am. J. Roentgenol., November 1, 2007; 189(5): 1135 - 1141.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
RADIOLOGY RADIOGRAPHICS RSNA JOURNALS ONLINE
Copyright © 1987 by the Radiological Society of North America.