Thursday 22 January 2015

Atypical hyperplasia of the breast

Atypical hyperplasia of the breast - risk assessment and management options. NEJM 2015, 372: 78-89.
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Hartmann, L.C., et al.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr1407164?af=R&rss=currentIssue

Some benign breast lesions have a greatly increased risk of becoming invasive cancers. Atypical hyperplasia is a common high-risk benign lesion, and measures to prevent its progression to cancer are available but underutilized.