Breast cancer continues to be a significant health problem. Epidemiologically, 10% of the female population up to the age of 70 is diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer is a disease that can be treated if diagnosed early. From the perspective of preventive medicine, particular emphasis is placed on training in self-examination. However, there is no definitive data to show the effect of self-examination on breast cancer survival rate. On the other hand, the number of visits to physicians due to breast-related clinical symptoms is quite significant in clinical practice. Consultations to physicians due to breast-related complaints have increased in recent years. Breast biopsies constitute 5% of all surgical pathology samples. Despite the advances in imaging methods, 26% of surgical interventions performed by clinicians are aimed at demonstrating the presence of cancer. Mammography is in the first place in early diagnosis. Today, there is data that physical examination combined with screening mammograms reduces breast cancer deaths by 25%. However, despite many advances, early diagnosis of cancer in patients under the age of 50 remains difficult. As a result, attempts to screen for benign breast diseases continue to be important, especially in terms of diagnosing cancer, considering the psychosocial and financial costs. Considering this situation, especially the diagnosis of cancer or, as Dr. Hüsnü Göksel defines it, "proving that there is no cancer in the breast" should be the basic requirement of the clinician (surgeon-radiologist-pathologist).
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