A Retrospective Analysis of Diagnostic Breast Imaging Outcomes in Young Women at a Tertiary Care Center

(1) Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the outcomes of diagnostic breast imaging and the incidence of delayed breast cancer diagnosis in the study population. (2) Methods: We collected the outcome data from diagnostic mammograms and/or breast ultrasounds (USs) performed on women betw...

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Published in:Current oncology (Toronto) 2024-07, Vol.31 (7), p.3939-3948
Main Authors: Dehar, Navdeep, Jabs, Doris, Hopman, Wilma, Mates, Mihaela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Cancer
Diagnosis
diagnostic mammogram
Female
Humans
Mammography
Mammography - methods
Middle Aged
Oncology, Experimental
Retrospective Studies
screening
Tertiary Care Centers
Ultrasonography, Mammary - methods
ultrasound
young women
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Summary:(1) Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the outcomes of diagnostic breast imaging and the incidence of delayed breast cancer diagnosis in the study population. (2) Methods: We collected the outcome data from diagnostic mammograms and/or breast ultrasounds (USs) performed on women between the ages of 30 and 50 with symptomatic breast clinical presentations between 2018 and 2019. (3) Results: Out of 171 eligible patients, 10 patients (5.8%) had BIRADS 0, 90 patients (52.6%) had benign findings (BIRADS 1 and 2), 41 (24.0%) patients had probable benign findings requiring short-term follow-up (BIRADS 3), while 30 (17.5%) patients had findings suspicious of malignancy (BIRADS 4 and 5). In the BIRADS 3 group, 92.7% had recommended follow-up, while in BIRADS 4 and 5, only 83.3% underwent recommended biopsy at a mean time of 1.7 weeks (range 0-22 wks) from their follow-up scan. Ten (6%) patients were diagnosed with breast cancer, all of whom had BIRADS 4 or 5, with a mean time of breast cancer diagnosis from initial diagnostic imaging of 2.2 weeks (range 1-22 wks). No patients had delayed breast cancer diagnosis in our cohort. (4) Conclusions: We conclude that diagnostic mammograms and breast US are appropriate investigations for clinical breast concerns in women aged 30-50 years.
ISSN:1718-7729
1198-0052
1718-7729
DOI:10.3390/curroncol31070291