Surgical Mammography Reporting in a Limited Resource Environment

Background Lack of resources and dedicated breast radiology has forced professionals other than radiologists to read mammography. We report a series of surgeon-read mammography in a developing country. Methods Data were collected prospectively form January 2003 to June 2008 for all mammography perfo...

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Published in:World journal of surgery 2010-11, Vol.34 (11), p.2530-2536
Main Authors: Mouton, John P., Apffelstaedt, Justus, Baatjes, Karin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdominal Surgery
Abnormal Mammography
Biological and medical sciences
Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Cardiac Surgery
Developing Countries
Female
General aspects
General Surgery
Genital system. Mammary gland
Humans
International Benchmark
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence
Mammography
Mass Screening
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Palpable Lump
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Tissue Acquisition
Vascular Surgery
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Summary:Background Lack of resources and dedicated breast radiology has forced professionals other than radiologists to read mammography. We report a series of surgeon-read mammography in a developing country. Methods Data were collected prospectively form January 2003 to June 2008 for all mammography performed at a tertiary hospital. The data acquired were demographics, previous treatment for breast pathology, and indication for and outcome of mammography, including diagnostic procedures and their results. The results were benchmarked against standard performance indicators. Results Of 8,743 mammograms performed, 1,468 were for palpable lumps; the cancer diagnosis rate was 640 per 1,000 investigations (for 885 of these reported as compatible with malignancy, the cancer diagnosis rate was 95%; for 183 reported as indeterminate 60%, for 400 reported as benign/no abnormality 4%). Of 4,998 cancer follow-up mammograms, the cancer diagnosis rate was 15 per 1,000. For 76 of these reported as compatible with malignancy, the cancer diagnosis rate was 67%, for 161 reported as indeterminate, the biopsy rate was 36%, and cancer diagnosis rates of biopsy was 41%. Of 75 cancers diagnosed, 26 were locally recurrent after breast conservation and 49 new contralateral primaries, 84% of these were stage 0–I. Of 2,001 mammograms performed for screening, the biopsy rate was 4.5% and the cancer diagnosis rate of biopsy was 27%; the overall cancer diagnosis rate was 11 per 1,000 examinations; 96% of these were stage 0–1. Conclusions Dedicated breast surgeons are equally proficient at mammography interpretation as radiologists. In resource-restricted environments, nonavailability of dedicated breast radiologists should not preclude development of breast units.
ISSN:0364-2313
1432-2323
DOI:10.1007/s00268-010-0530-4