Pathology of Breast Lesions in Rachaburi Regional Hospital, 2004-2006
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2007-02-01
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Buddhachinaraj Medical Journal
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OBJECTIVE: To study pathology of breast lesions from 2004 to 2006 pathological records in Rachaburi Regional Hospital. METHOD: The retrospective descriptive study was conducted from pathological records in Rachaburi Regional Hospital for 3 years (2004-2006). These tissues were obtained from core needle biopsy, incisional biopsy, excisional biopsy or lumpectomy, mastectomy with axillary node dissection and accompanying sentinel node biopsy. Cytological study by fine needle aspiration and study for hormone receptor (ER, PR) and HER-2 status evaluation were also included. RESULTS: Six hundred and fifty three breast lesions were found (5.2%) from the total of 12,486 specimens. Two hundred and forty five cases were malignant breast lesions (37.5% of 653 breast lesions), which 94% were ductal carcinoma. Nineteen sentinel node biopies were done and 7 cases were positive for malignancy. One thousand and six fine needle aspiration were performed with 5 cases positive for malignancy (0.5%). One hundred and twenty cases had performed hormone receptor (ER, PR) and 104 cases for HER-2 status evaluation. CONCLUSIONS: Pathological diagnosis plays an important role in early detection and treatment of breast cancer which will prolong survival and improve quality of life.
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Buddhachinaraj Medical Journal; Vol.24 No.1 January-April 2007; 60-65