Prevalence of Imaging-Detected Silent Female Breast Cancer in Autopsy Specimens: A Study Using Image-Guided Biopsies.

ABSTRACT: Background This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of imaging-detected silent breast cancer in females, with the hypothesis that the incidence of imaging-detected silent breast cancer in females is greater than the true disease incidence. The main purpose of this study is the attempt to prove whether breast imaging can identify silent breast cancers that apparently are common in serial histology analysis. Methodology A series of 217 consecutive medicolegal autopsies on fresh Portuguese cadavers were performed from July 2016 to December 2019 at the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science, Lisbon, Portugal. The criteria for exclusion were age younger than 40 years, the autopsy performed in less than 48 hours after death, any major injury to one or both breasts,

SUBMITTER: Sidiropoulou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9854332 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature