Interval breast cancer
| Interval breast cancer | |
|---|---|
| Term | Interval breast cancer |
| Short definition | interval breast cancer (IN-ter-vul brest KAN-ser) Breast cancer diagnosed in the interval between a normal-appearing regular screening mammogram and the next screening mammogram. At the last screening mammography there was no "true" interval breast cancer. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
interval breast cancer - (pronounced) (IN-ter-vul brest KAN-ser) Breast cancer diagnosed in the interval between a normal-appearing regular screening mammogram and the next screening mammogram. At the last screening mammography there was no "true" interval breast cancer. A "missed" interval breast cancer was present but was missed when the last screening mammogram was read. Interval breast cancers tend to be larger, grow and spread more quickly, and have a poorer prognosis than those found during mammography screenings. Researchers are studying interval breast cancer to see how to identify women who may need more frequent mammograms or other early detection tests for breast cancer
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