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# The incidence of breast cancer is lower. | # The incidence of breast cancer is lower. | ||
===Breast radiology=== | |||
BI-RADS = Breast Imaging Reporting And Data System<ref>URL: [http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm]. Accessed on: 16 March 2011.</ref> | |||
*0: Incomplete - come back for more imaging (radiologist ''cha-ching''). | |||
*1: Negative. | |||
*2: Benign finding(s). | |||
*3: Probably benign -- often short follow-up. | |||
*4: Suspicious abnormality -- needs biopsy. | |||
*5: Highly suggestive of malignancy. | |||
*6: Pathologist says there is a malignancy. | |||
=Specimens= | =Specimens= | ||
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** Perivascular. | ** Perivascular. | ||
* Enlarged stromal fibroblasts. | * Enlarged stromal fibroblasts. | ||
=See also= | =See also= |
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