Ginekol Pol
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Comparative Study
Estimated breast cancer risk and screening outcomes among premenopausal women with non-cyclic mastalgia.
Breast pain is a common but worrisome symptom, which can cause a significant psychological burden of cancer stress. It is not known whether breast cancer risk estimation models can be used as an adjunct to the clinical and radiological assessment in counseling women with mastalgia. The aim of our study was to compare the estimated breast cancer risk and screening outcomes between patients with mastalgia and women requesting prophylactic examinations. ⋯ Breast pain was associated with lower estimated breast cancer risk but had no effect on screening outcomes in the study population.