Breast cancer: diagnosis, treatment and prognosis

Radiol Technol. 2001 Sep-Oct;73(1):45-61; quiz 62-4, 67.

Abstract

This article reviews staging of breast cancer and treatment protocols for the disease, then examines several different types of breast cancer. Each type is described in terms of its mammographic, sonographic and histologic appearance, along with its treatment and prognosis. The author concludes with a discussion of magnetic resonance imaging's role in breast cancer detection and treatment planning.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / diagnosis*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms* / diagnosis*
  • Breast Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms* / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mammography / methods
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neoplasms, Ductal, Lobular, and Medullary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Ductal, Lobular, and Medullary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Ductal, Lobular, and Medullary / therapy