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Women in the U.S. have a 1 in 7 lifetime risk for developing breast cancer. The breast cancer detection process from mammography to clinical consultation with the medical oncologist is often at minimum 28 days. The pathway of diagnosis to treatment generally begins with either an abnormal screening test or an abnormal self or clinical breast examination. This initial warning sign may be followed by diagnostic imaging which may lead to a diagnostic biopsy performed by a breast radiologist under mammography, ultrasound or MRI guidance by a breast surgeon. Once the biopsy is performed, the tissue is processed and read by a pathologist who generates a report and sends it to the clinical site where the biopsy was obtained. If the diagnosis is malignant, the patient is informed and surgical consultation is scheduled. Consultation with the medical oncologist is generally scheduled after the definitive surgery has been performed. The medical oncology consultation is set up to define further treatment planning. Increasingly, the appointment for medical oncology is scheduled prior to definitive surgery to assure a more multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer care.
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Lopez, A.M. et al. (2008). Expedited Breast Care: A New Model in Breast Health. In: Krupinski, E.A. (eds) Digital Mammography. IWDM 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5116. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70538-3_72
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