A Comparative Study of Breast Cancer of Korean Women according to Age in Radiological, Path- ological, and Clinical Findings

Purpose: The incidence of breast cancer is continuously increasing in Korea, and the age of the initially detected breast cancer is younger than western people. The purpose of this study was to compare radiological, pathological, and clinical findings of breast cancers according to age and then contribute to the basis of screening program of breast cancer. Methods: Retrospectively, the 325 patients who had path-ologically confirmed breast cancer were included in this study. The patients were classified into 6 groups according to age, 20∼29, 30∼39, 40∼49, 50∼59, 60∼69, and more than 70 years. We evaluated the radiological findings of 325 cases of mammography and 144 cases of breast ultrasonography, classified as four types; mass, microcal-cification, others, and non-detected lesion, and then ana