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Xeromammographic Screening is it Helping?

Authors: CAPT, PAUL D. HATTON MD, USAF, COL FRANCIS J. HARFORD JR. MD, USAF, MAJ J. ROBERT SHEPPARD MD, USAF

Abstract

ABSTRACTWe have reviewed our experience with xeromammography over a five-year period in a setting where there is no protocol for mammographic screening. Only 8.9% of breast carcinomas were found by xeromammography alone, a ratio substantially smaller than that found in large screening programs. While 80% of the occult carcinomas were localized, only 47% of women with palpable disease had localized tumors. It appears that screening mammography is underused, and that more localized tumors would be detected if more mammograms were ordered.

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