Table 1.
Indication | Number of Patients | % |
---|---|---|
Screening in high-risk patients | 156 | 41 |
Problem solving for inconclusive mammogram or US examination | 74 | 20 |
Preoperative staging | 67 | 18 |
Follow-up in previous breast cancer | 63 | 16 |
Nipple discharge | 7 | 2 |
Needle biopsy showing borderline lesions (B3) | 6 | 1 |
CUP syndrome | 5 | 1 |
Post-operative positive margins | 4 | 1 |
Total | 382 | 100 |
US: ultrasound; CUP: cancer of unknown primary.