Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Donegan, William L

Titel

Evaluation of a Palpable Breast Mass

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 1992-09, Vol.327 (13), p.937-942

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

1992

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• CANCER of the breast is newly diagnosed in about 180,000 women per year in the United States. 1 In the majority of these cases the cancer presents as a palpable mass, usually found by the patient. With intensive public education about breast cancer and the growing acceptance of routine self-examination of the breasts, particularly by young women, an increasing number of women can be expected to seek consultation for the evaluation of breast masses. A study by the Physician Insurers Association of America in 1990 found that failure to diagnose breast cancer was the second most frequent reason for claims brought . . .