The Sensitivity of Clinial breast examination, Ultrasonography and Mammography for Breast Cancer Deteced by Screening

• Published in: Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Human Dry Dock Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 168 - 170
• Main Authors: Tojyo, Michinori, Yoshimoto, Masahiko, Oda, Kumiko, Sakamoto, Akiko, Inoue, Mikio, Nakano, Sachie, Ide, Kazuma, Funakoshi, Takehiko, Yamasaki, Miki, Sueta, Yukiko, Nasu, Shigeru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: JAPAN SOCIETY OF NINGEN DOCK 31.08.2001; 公益社団法人 日本人間ドック学会
• Subjects: breast cancer screening; clinical breast examination; mammography; ultrasonography; マンモグラフィ; 乳房視触診; 乳房超音波検査; 乳癌検診
• ISSN: 0914-0328; 2186-5019
• DOI: 10.11320/ningendock1986.16.168

We have been performing breast cancer screening with a combination method of clinical breast examination (CBE), ultrasonography (US) and mammography (MMG). Of 58 subjects diagnosed as breast caneer,17 cases (29.3%) were detected by CBE,50 (86.2%) by US and 44(75.9%) by MMG. The sensitivity was highest for US detection. All cases detected by CBE were positive for US detection. These results indicated that an effective breast cancer screeninr would be performed by a combination of US and MMG with omission of CBE.