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dc.contributor.author | Vassallo, Pierre | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-02T09:51:55Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-02T09:51:55Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009-07 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Vassallo, P. (2009). Breast masses in children : part 1. The Synapse : the Medical Professionals' Network, 4, 1-22. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/46193 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Breast lesions in children and adolescents are managed differently from those in adults. Unlike in adults, the initial breast imaging study performed in pediatric patients is ultrasound, whereas mammography is reserved for selected cases. Advantages of ultrasound over mammography include lack of ionizing radiation in a susceptible population and greater sensitivity in the relatively dense fibroglandular tissue of young girls. Mammography has a role in the evaluation of microcalcifications and of suspicious discrete masses in older adolescents. Also biopsy and surgical intervention are more cautiously employed in children and adolescents due the low prevalence of breast cancer in this age group and the risk of injuring the developing breast. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Medical Portals Ltd. | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cancer in children | en_GB |
dc.subject | Breast -- Precancerous conditions -- Treatment | en_GB |
dc.subject | Breast -- Imaging | en_GB |
dc.title | Breast masses in children : part 1 | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.publication.title | The Synapse : the Medical Professionals' Network | en_GB |
Appears in Collections: | The Synapse, Issue 04/09 The Synapse, Issue 04/09 |
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