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  • Title: Mastalgia; is this commonly associated with operable breast cancer?
    Author: Smallwood JA, Kye DA, Taylor I.
    Journal: Ann R Coll Surg Engl; 1986 Sep; 68(5):262-3. PubMed ID: 3789622.
    Abstract:
    A detailed analysis by questionnaire of breast pain in 460 newly referred patients at a specialized breast clinic revealed that only 1.5% of patients with pain had an early breast cancer. Of all 44 cancers 8 were painful but only 4 considered early. All these had nipple retraction. We conclude that although breast pain is rarely associated with cancer, localized pain must be fully investigated to exclude this diagnosis.
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