Analysis of mammographic study results in patients treated at a Family Health Unit in Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay

Abstract

Introduction: Mammography, which is the only diagnostic method accepted as a screening technique for breast cancer, allows its early detection and reduction of breast cancer mortality rates. For a screening test to be effective and efficient, several requirements must be met: The disease to be screened must have a significant incidence, the test must have high sensitivity and specificity, its cost must be relatively low/affordable, it must be relatively easy to perform and with minimal side effects and/or complications.

General Objective: To describe the findings of the mammographic evaluation performed in patients between 40 and 70 years of age in a Family Health Unit of the Barrio Amistad of Mariano Roque Alonso.Methodology: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective.

Results: The predominant age group was between 56 and 60 years old, corresponding to 27%, with a relatively high level of education, since most of them had completed education. Almost half of the patients (46%) required complementary studies, specifically breast ultrasound, because they obtained a BIRADS 0 result at the initial evaluation. It was found that 10 (46%) patients presented BIRADS 0, which are inconclusive studies, so the patients were asked to perform breast ultrasound to complement the mammographic study, 8 (36%) patients with BIRADS 1 presented normal breast and 4 (18%) patients with BIRADS 2 presented benign non-cancerous findings, the most frequent benign findings were intramural calcifications.