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Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... second leading cause of cancer death as of 2015.[ 4 ] In 2010 the lifetime risk for developing breast cancer was 1 in ... with screening of RR 0.80 to 0.82.[ 6-8 ] These studies may, however, underestimate the current effectiveness of ... of an abnormal result and undergoing consequent image-guided or surgical biopsy. Such anxiety has been ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine Wilson, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... a breast health action plan. This plan was completed in May 2010 and led to implementation of the Provincial Breast ... the number of surgical biopsies and increase the number of image-guided biopsies was implemented with some success.[ 2 ] ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amie Padilla-Thornton, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... noncyclical, unilateral, and, most importantly, focal, may indicate underlying breast pathology. Diagnostic breast ... breast should be performed to determine if the finding is image-detected only or associated with findings on ... track booking for evaluation of screen-detected lesions in 2010,[ 17 ] and many breast diagnostic teams in the province ...