1998; 41 [6]: 476-7). To issue algorithms or guidelines without the supporting rationale or
evidence is not a valid exercise. To understand what is involved in developing guidelines, I …

I and my colleagues wish to reassure Dr. Gately that this guideline is consistent with those
that already exist. 1 We have adapted it to the perspective of a primary care physician and …

All physicians will be grateful to Dr. Maurice McGregor and his many colleagues on the
Steering Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Treatment of Breast …

In response to the" Guidelines for the management of breast lumps" produced by surgeons
in the Department of Surgery of the University of Toronto, and published in the December …

OBJECTIVE: To describe an approach to managing women who present with palpable
breast lumps. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE: Databases were searched from 1990 to 1998 using …

Aim: Women< 25 years with clinically and radiologically benign breast lumps do not require
a biopsy in accordance with RCR guideline 2010. Methods: A retrospective audit of all …

I recently reviewed a case in which the family physician attributed a breast thickening in a 40-
year-old woman that did not regress after several months and had no counterpart in any …

©Mffiffc&n Page 1 ©Mffiffc&n Assessing breast lumps: malignant and benign TOM BATES
The question of cancel will dominate any doctor/patient discussion when a woman presents …

NOTHING is more certain to terrify a woman than the discovery of a lump in the breast. Her
reaction will be to follow one of a number of courses of action. Fortunately, this will consist …

Weber: I think that detection is the most exciting part of what's happened in the management
of breast cancer. All the action that you're going to see in the next 10 years is going to be the …