Table 2.
Triple assessment procedural results by sex and age (for women only) and final classificationa
| Result | Women (n = 356) | Men (n = 9) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤40 | >40 | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Clinical exam result | n = 159 | n = 197 | n = 9 | |||
| Mass only | 66 | 41 · 5 | 83 | 42 · 1 | 3 | 33 · 3 |
| Pain only | 26 | 16 · 4 | 30 | 15 · 2 | 1 | 11 · 1 |
| Discharge only | 6 | 3 · 8 | 2 | 1 · 0 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Other only | 9 | 5 · 7 | 6 | 3 · 0 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Gynecomastia only | 0 | 0 · 0 | 0 | 0 · 0 | 3 | 33 · 3 |
| Size/shape issues only | 2 | 1 · 3 | 3 | 1 · 5 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| More than one of the complaints listed above | 27 | 17 · 0 | 34 | 17 · 3 | 1 | 11 · 1 |
| No abnormalities/routine check-up | 19 | 11 · 9 | 36 | 18 · 3 | 1 | 11 · 1 |
| Not reported/inconclusive | 4 | 2 · 5 | 3 | 1 · 5 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Radiological/imaging tests requested | n = 131 | n = 273 | n = 7 | |||
| Results available | 111 | 84 · 7 | 229 | 83 · 9 | 4 | 57 · 1 |
| Mass/density/distortion | 62 | 55 · 9 | 85 | 37 · 1 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Micro-calcification | 2 | 1 · 8 | 27 | 11 · 8 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Abscess | 6 | 5 · 4 | 2 | 0 · 9 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Cyst | 4 | 3 · 6 | 18 | 7 · 9 | 1 | 25 · 0 |
| Other | 12 | 10 · 8 | 24 | 10 · 5 | 1 | 25 · 0 |
| No abnormalities | 23 | 20 · 7 | 70 | 30 · 6 | 2 | 50 · 0 |
| Not reported/inconclusive | 2 | 1 · 8 | 3 | 1 · 3 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Results not found | 20 | 15 · 3 | 44 | 16 · 1 | 3 | 42 · 9 |
| Pathological tests requested | n = 41 | n = 95 | n = 1 | |||
| Results availableb | 34 | 82.9 | 82 | 86.3 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Breast cancer (any biopsy including breast and axilla) | 15 | 44 · 1 | 47 | 57 · 3 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Fibroadenoma | 2 | 5 · 9 | 5 | 6 · 1 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Papilloma | 3 | 8 · 8 | 7 | 8 · 5 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Other | 13 | 38 · 2 | 19 | 23 · 2 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Normal/no abnormalities | 1 | 2 · 9 | 3 | 3 · 7 | 1 | 100 · 0 |
| Not reported/inconclusive | 0 | 0 · 0 | 1 | 1 · 2 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Results not found | 7 | 17 · 1 | 13 | 13 · 7 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Final classification (n = 357) | n = 159 | n = 197 | n = 9 | |||
| Cancer | 10 | 6 · 3 | 42 | 21 · 3 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Benign | 76 | 47 · 8 | 82 | 41 · 6 | 1 | 11 · 1 |
| Infection | 12 | 7 · 5 | 5 | 2 · 5 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Gynecomastia | 0 | 0 · 0 | 0 | 0 · 0 | 6 | 66 · 7 |
| Plastics | 13 | 8 · 2 | 5 | 2 · 5 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Otherb | 9 | 5 · 7 | 8 | 4 · 1 | 0 | 0 · 0 |
| Normal | 29 | 18 · 2 | 49 | 24 · 9 | 1 | 11 · 1 |
| Not reported/inconclusive | 10 | 6 · 3 | 6 | 3 · 0 | 1 | 11 · 1 |
aFigure 1 indicates the number of individuals who had a physical exam, imaging and/or histology. In contrast, the information presented here reflects the results for all diagnostic procedures done. Some participants had more than one radiological or histological test
bOther consists of the following: mass (unspecified), papilloma, benign neurofibroma