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The mammographic identification of carcinoma is based on the presence of a tumor or calcifications, or both. In the evaluation of a mass lesion, the border of the lesion and its relation to the surrounding tissues are of great importance. The appearance of the borderline zone varies considerably. At one end of the range is the spiculated tumor, which carries a very high probability of representing a carcinoma. At the other end is the circumscribed tumor with a smooth border, which bears a low probability of being a carcinoma. Furthermore, a small spiculated mass is comparatively easy to identify even in a glandular breast, but a small smoothly outlined tumor is often difficult or impossible to identify in a glandular breast and is not easily detectable even in a fatty breast.
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Andersson, I. (1984). Detection Bias in Mammographic Screening for Breast Carcinoma. In: Brünner, S., Langfeldt, B., Andersen, P.E. (eds) Early Detection of Breast Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 90. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82031-1_23
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