Mode of detection matters: Differences in screen-detected versus symptomatic breast cancers

CONCLUSION: In this study, while the vast majority of screen-detected cancers were invasive, they were more likely to be smaller, less aggressive, and a lower pathologic grade and clinical stage. Furthermore, women with screen-detected cancers were less likely to have extramammary disease and more likely to undergo conservative treatment.PMID:34218078 | DOI:10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.06.032

Source: Clinical Genitourinary Cancer - July 4, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Anna Starikov Gulce Askin Anthony Blackburn Connie Moying Lu Elizabeth Reznik Julie Kim Arpita Bose Esther Cheng Katerina Dodelzon Elizabeth Kagan Arleo Source Type: research