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Abstract
• Breast cancer is the commonest female malignancy that should
be diagnosed as early as possible to get a good prognosis.
• Early detection of breast cancer is best achieved by applying
regular screening programs that address all women in general and
those at 35 to 50 years of age in whom breast cancer was
relatively more frequent.
• Screening programs should include breast examination,
mammography, ultrasonography and fine needle aspiration if
needed.
• Although breast self examination is considered as a first step in
the early detection of breast cancer, however it is not widely
practiced among women especially those without breast related
symptoms. Therefore, women should have more awareness about
this non-costly procedure. The gynecologist, in particular, is more
suitable in instructing women to perform regular breast selfexamination.
• Clinical breast examination was found to be a more accurate
method in detecting breast lumps and other abnormalities.
Clinical breast examination is best performed by the gynecologist
during regular gynecologic visits with good patient compliance.
Conclusions 133
• Both mammography and ultrasonography are complementary
to each other in screening for breast cancer. Both modalities
should be used together to avoid missing of undetected lesions.
• Fine needle aspiration is an easy, cheap, rapid and relatively
tolerable procedure’. It may be applied ’directly to those women
with breast masses to get a rapid diagnosis thus allowing an early
intervention.