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Delayed Diagnosis of Breast Cancer as a Result of Normal Mammograms
Barry D. Mann, MD;
Armando E. Giuliano, MD;
Lawrence W. Bassett, MD;
Martin S. Barber, MD;
Wolfgang Hallauer, MD;
Donald L. Morton, MD
Arch Surg. 1983;118(1):23-24.
Abstract
• Review of the effects of a normal mammogram on the treatment of 36 women with palpable breast carcinomas during a two-year period showed that 17 patients had biopsies performed within two months of their normal mammograms and 19 patients had biopsies delayed for three to 24 months. Of the 17 who had biopsies within one month of a normal mammogram, three (17.6%) had extension of disease to axillary nodes. Of 19 patients whose biopsy was delayed, cancer was found in axillary nodes of 11 (57.9%). Normal mammograms should not preclude biopsy of a breast mass.
(Arch Surg 1983;118:23-24)
Author Affiliations
From the Division of Surgical Oncology, John Wayne Clinic, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (Drs Mann, Giuliano, Barber, Hallauer, and Morton), and the Department of Radiological Sciences (Dr Bassett), UCLA School of Medicine.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 4, 1982.
Read before the annual meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Newport Beach, Calif, Jan 23, 1982.
Reprint requests to Division of Surgical Oncology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Dr Giuliano).
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