Radial Scars in Benign Breast-Biopsy Specimens and the Risk of Breast Cancer
โ Scribed by Maryanne K. Coughlin
- Book ID
- 116993897
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-2092
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Radial scars (RS) are benign breast lesions that have been implicated as independent risk factors for invasive breast carcinoma (IBC). ## METHODS A retrospective cohort study of 9556 women who underwent biopsy between 1950โ1986 and enrolled in the Nashville Breast Cohor
From a study of tissue from 34 cancerous breasts and 34 benign breasts the nature and occurrence of radial scars has been assessed. The frequency of detection was influenced more by the amount of tissue assessed and by the diligence of search than by any association with cancer. Bilaterality and mul