Successful cancer treatment relies on a combination of clinical examinations, imaging
studies, and pathologic evaluations. Pathologic diagnosis should not be bypassed even …

Since 1970 fine‐needle aspiration cytology for breast tumours has grown in popularity and
is now routinely used in the initial diagnosis of palpable breast masses in the United States …

This article explores 3 aspects of breast diagnosis that are currently under investigation and
about which our thinking has recently undergone considerable reshaping. The trend toward …

ECENT developments in breast imaging, conservative surgery, radiotherapy, and adjuvant
chemotherapy have had a profound impact on the detection, diagnosis, and management of …

The pathologist examines biopsy material obtained at surgery or preoperatively by core
biopsy to make a definitive diagnosis of malignancy and to determine the type and grade of …

The widespread use of mammographic breast screening and the introduction of even more
sensitive radiological techniques have placed increasing demands upon the pathologist for …

In spite of the widespread use of cytological smears for diagnosis of breast cancer lesions,
many surgeons are still reluctant to accept the cytological report as the only criterion for …

With the shift to de-escalation of therapy for some breast cancers and fewer surgical
excisions for high-risk lesions identified on breast imaging studies at one end of the …

Each volume in this richly illustrated series, published in association with the Papanicolaou
Society of Cytopathology, provides an organ-based approach to the cytological and …

The diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer has rapidly evolved over the past 20 years. In
the first 80 years of the 20th century, treatment of breast cancer consisted of radical …