Prevalence of Imaging-Detected Silent Female Breast Cancer in Autopsy Specimens: A Study Using Image-Guided Biopsies

Abstract

BackgroundThis study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of imaging-detected silent breast cancer in females, with the hypothesis that the incidence of imaging-detected silent breast cancer in females is greater than the true disease incidence. The main purpose of this study is the attempt to prove whether breast imaging can identify silent breast cancers that apparently are common in serial histology analysis.