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Mammographic Breast Density Patterns in Asymptomatic Mexican Women
Joint Authors
Cerda-Flores, Ricardo M.
Hernández-Beltrán, Lourdes
López-Amador, Noé
Sanabria-Mondragón, Mónica
Calderón-Garcidueñas, Ana Laura
Source
Radiology Research and Practice
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-12-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Breast density (BD) is a risk factor for breast cancer.
Aims.
To describe BD patterns in asymptomatic Mexican women and the pathological mammographic findings.
Methods and Material.
Prospective, descriptive, and comparative study.
Women answered a questionnaire and their mammograms were analyzed according to BI-RADS.
Univariate (χ2) and conditional logistic regression analyses were performed.
Results.
In 300 women studied the BD patterns were fat 56.7% (170), fibroglandular 29% (87), heterogeneously dense 5.7% (17), and dense pattern 8.6% (26).
Prevalence of fat pattern was significantly different in women under 50 years (37.6%, 44/117) and older than 50 (68.8%, 126/183).
Patterns of high breast density (BD) (dense + heterogeneously dense) were observed in 25.6% (30/117) of women ≤50 years and 7.1% (13/183) of women >50.
Asymmetry in BD was observed in 22% (66/300).
Compression cone ruled out underlying disease in 56 cases.
In the remaining 10, biopsy revealed one fibroadenoma, one complex cyst, and 6 invasive and 2 intraductal carcinomas.
2.6% (8/300) of patients had non-palpable carcinomas.
Benign lesions were observed in 63.3% (190/300) of cases, vascular calcification in 150 cases (78.9%), and fat necrosis in 38 cases (20%).
Conclusions.
Mexican women have a low percentage of high-density patterns.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Calderón-Garcidueñas, Ana Laura& Sanabria-Mondragón, Mónica& Hernández-Beltrán, Lourdes& López-Amador, Noé& Cerda-Flores, Ricardo M.. 2012. Mammographic Breast Density Patterns in Asymptomatic Mexican Women. Radiology Research and Practice،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447803
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Calderón-Garcidueñas, Ana Laura…[et al.]. Mammographic Breast Density Patterns in Asymptomatic Mexican Women. Radiology Research and Practice No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447803
American Medical Association (AMA)
Calderón-Garcidueñas, Ana Laura& Sanabria-Mondragón, Mónica& Hernández-Beltrán, Lourdes& López-Amador, Noé& Cerda-Flores, Ricardo M.. Mammographic Breast Density Patterns in Asymptomatic Mexican Women. Radiology Research and Practice. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447803
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-447803