EXPERIENCE ON EVALUATION AND CORRELATION OF SUSPICIOUS BREAST LESION ON SCREENING DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY AND ULTRASOUND WITH HISTOPATHOLOGY AND MRI

Lt Col Dhanalakshmi B

Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2020

EXPERIENCE ON EVALUATION AND CORRELATION OF SUSPICIOUS BREAST LESION ON SCREENING DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY AND ULTRASOUND WITH HISTOPATHOLOGY AND MRI

Lt Col Dhanalakshmi B

Abstract :

Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer mortality among women with 12.5% lifetime risk for developing east cancer by 85 years of age (1). The incidence is also increased by about 4% per year since 1980�s. However Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) programme reported decrease in the east cancer mortality rate from 3.1 % to 9.3 % during the period of 1989 to 1992 across all age groups.(2) This decrease in mortality was at least partially attributable to the benefits gained by early detection through screening mammography. The high prevalence and need for early treatment of east malignancy emphasizes the need for early and accurate diagnosis. The radiological examination of east is an integral part of modern multidisciplinary approach for effective management of east disease (3). The aim of east imaging is to assess the probability of a lesion being benign or malignant. Currently digital mammography, ultrasound, color Doppler and MRI are being utilized for detection of east cancer. The suspicious lesion has to be evaluated with tissue diagnosis as well as MRI as the MRI has advantage of evaluation of whole east with dynamic curve and diffusion weighted imaging, if needed spectroscopic evaluation.