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Lack of efficacy of xeromammography in preoperatively detecting lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast

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The medical records of fourteen patients with LCIS were reviewed to correlate the clinical, xeromammographic, and pathologic findings. The patients' xeromammograms were negative for findings associated with LCIS in 81% of the breasts that yielded biopsies positive for LCIS. Xeromammography does not appear to have improved our ability to identify patients with LCIS.

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  1. Louisiana State University Medical Center Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

    Don M. Morris M.D. (FACS)

  2. University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Alonzo P. Walker M.D. & Donald C. Coker M.D.

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Address for reprints: Don M. Morris, M.D., Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.

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Morris, D.M., Walker, A.P. & Coker, D.C. Lack of efficacy of xeromammography in preoperatively detecting lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast. Breast Cancer Res Tr 1, 365–368 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01806752

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