ISSN:
1432-0711
Keywords:
Breast cancer
;
Bilaterality
;
Multicentricity
;
Mammography
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Tissue from contralateral breast was taken from 505 patients with invasive breast cancer. Every 5th patient had simultaneous carcinom in the opposite breast, 7.7% (39/505) had invasive cancer, and 13.1% (66/505) had carcinoma in situ. Invasive cancers in the opposite breast were diagnosed at an earlier stage as compared with the neoplasm of the primary breast. However, 26% of the patients already had positive axillary nodes. The following risk indicators of the bilateral disease were found: age at time of diagnosis, histologic type of tumours, familial breast cancer, suspicious mammography, P2/DY-breast parenchymal pattern (Wolfe) and multicentric cancer of primary breast. Our findings support the proposal to consider bilaterality of breast cancer as a sign of systemic disease of the breasts, involving the ductal and lobular system within eight quadrants of a paired organ (Ober).
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02199712
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