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AbstractBackground: Breast cancer is the female cancer with the highest mortality. While early detection is a public health priority in Western European countries, a screening program in our country has yet to be implemented. The best diagnostic accuracy is achieved through the use of triple assessment: clinical examination, imaging, and core-needle biopsy where indicated. Prognosis is influenced by clinical, histological, and biological factors, and therapy is most effective when individually tailored.Aim of the study: To analyze the clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical characteristics of the biopsied nodules and summarize our experience from the last three years.Material and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 137 patients who underwent core-needle biopsy between 2017 and 2019. Imaging score was assigned based on ultrasound examination or mammography. Clinical and pathological parameters were recorded, followed by statistical processing of the data.Results: The mean age of the patients was 58 ± 14 years, lesions had a mean size of 22.83 ± 14.10 mm. Most nodules (n = 63, 47.01%) were located in the upper-outer quadrant, and bilateral presence was found in 4 (3.08%) cases. We found a significant positive correlation between lesion size and the patients’ age (Spearman r = 0.356; 95% CI 0.186, 0.506; p = 0.000). The malignancy rates within the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) categories were as follows: 0% for „4a”, 31.58% for „4b”, 71.42% for „4c”, and 97.72% for „5”. Most malignancies (n = 73, 78.35%) were represented by invasive ductal carcinoma of no special type, 58.43% (n = 52) were grade 2, 89.13% (n = 82) were estrogen receptor positive, and Luminal B-like type was the most common (n = 63, 78.75%).Conclusions: The mean size of tumors was larger than the average size at discovery described in the literature. In our region, age and tumor size are positively correlated. Preoperative histological results may indicate the reliability of the imaging risk stratification system. Most cases can benefit from adjuvant endocrine therapy.
Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine – de Gruyter
Published: Jun 1, 2020
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