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Breast cancer screening was carried out in 3455 subjects living in Tochigi Prefecture during 1999. All subjects underwent palpation, ultrasonic examination and mammography. The detection rate of each method was examined and compared. Breast cancer was discovered in 11 (0.32%) cases, of which 72.7% was early cancer. Three cases were discovered by ultrasonic examination alone, while 4 cases were discovered by mammography alone. No case was discovered by palpation only. Those that were discovered by ultrasonic examination were detected as a mass (two schirrhous carcinoma, one papillotubular carcinoma). Three cases that were discovered by mammography showed microcalcification without forming a mass and all were noninvasive carcinoma. In conclusion, mammography and ultrasonic examination were considered complementary to each other for the detection of breast cancer in mass screenings.
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Morikubo, H. (2005). Breast Cancer Screening by Palpation, Ultrasound, and Mammography. In: Ueno, E., Shiina, T., Kubota, M., Sawai, K. (eds) Research and Development in Breast Ultrasound. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-27008-6_24
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