Abstract
Breast disease is common with 16% of all women seeking surgical advice (Nicols, Waters and Wheeler 1980), while benign breast disease may affect up to 50% of women (Haagenson 1971). Public awareness of the breast cancer risk of 1:17 with an annual incidence of 50–200:100000 (Pike et al. 1983) has increased attendance rates in surgical clinics and promoted the development of specialist breast clinics.
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de Gara, C.J., Scurr, J.H. (1988). Information Management for Breast Clinics. In: Smith, P.D.C., Scurr, J.H. (eds) Medical Applications of Microcomputers. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1661-5_1
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