Fatty Breasts and Palpable Lumps: Diagnostic Mammogram Alone May Be Sufficient to Exclude Cancer
Diagnostic mammography alone has very low risk of missed cancer and is sufficient for evaluation of palpable symptoms in most women with fatty breast density.
Authors
- Catherine J. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2587-8955)
- Dorota J. Wisner
- Dawn C. Nwamuo
- Ninah Achacoso
- Tony Xu
- Vignesh A. Arasu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4315-3106)
- Amethyst Leimpeter
- Caitlin M. Lydon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6790-5689)
- Mark Westley
- Jun Shan
- Denis Mak
- Laurel A Habel
- Grace H Lin
- Shivani Gillon
Institutions
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Rochester General Hospital (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center (US)
- Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center (US)
- Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Breast Imaging
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jbi/wbaf080
- Primary Topic
- Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00