Abstract
Objective: In the mammary gland dock in our hospital, breast cancer screening is perfomed by mammography in combination with inspection/palpation. The positive rate and results of this screening were evaluated. Methods: The subjects were 4,525 females who underwent our mammary gland dock between January 2001 and December 2005. The screening was considered to be positive when abnormalities were detected by mammography and inspection/palpation. Mammograms were evaluated by 2 physicians. In all subjects with previously obtained films, the present films were compared with the previous ones. Subjects who were positive for the screening underwent close examination by techniques such as ultrasonography. Results: Of the 4,525 examinees,187 were positive (4.13%). Close examination showed abnormal findings in 3.07% and malignant tumors such as breast cancer in 0.29%. Conclusion: Our method of breast cancer screening including mammography showed relatively good results in terms of the positive rate and breast cancer detection rates.
