Abstract
Introduction : Dense breast parenchyma are reported as increasing risk of breastcancer from the previously study. The dense breasts have a role toconsider additional MRI to the screening mammogram for early detectionin women with moderately increased breast cancer risk.Objective : To assess breast parenchymal patterns of Thai women with breastcancers.Setting : King Chulalongkorn Memorial HospitalResearch design : A retrospective study.Patients : Thai women who had verified of breast cancers and had bilateralmammography in King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital.Methods : Seventy two Thai women with breast cancers were retrospectivelyreviewed for breast parenchymal patterns from the latest mammographybefore surgery by a skilled breast radiologist. The breast parenchymalpatterns were classified according to Wolfe’s classification (N1, P1,P2 and Dy).Results : The mean age value of 72 Thai women with breast cancers is 50 years(age range 32 - 75 years). The breast parenchymal patterns of thesewomen were 2 cases as type N1 (3%), 12 cases as type P1 (17%),26 cases as type P2 (36%) and 32 cases as type DY (44%). The P2and Dy breast parenchymal patterns are majority in 3 age-groups;30 - 39 years, 40 - 49 years and 50 - 59 years. The most frequentcancer type is invasive ductal carcinoma (66 cases, 91.7%).Conclusions : Type P2 and DY represented dense breast were the most prevalentmammographic breast parenchymal patterns in Thai women withbreast cancers.
Publisher
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
First Page
323
Last Page
334
Recommended Citation
Bunjunwetwat, D and Dumrongpisutikul, N.
(2010)
"Mammographic breast parenchymal patterns inThai women with breast cancers,"
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal: Vol. 54:
Iss.
4, Article 3.
Available at:
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/clmjournal/vol54/iss4/3