Tumor stage of screen detected breast cancers in asymptomatic women younger than 50 years of age

Purpose: To analyze tumor stages of nonpalpable clinically occult breast carcinomas detected by mammography and/or ultrasound in asymptomatic women under age 50. Materials and methods: In 33 women under 50 years of age a clinically occult breast cancer was diagnosed with mammography and/or ultrasound. The final tumor stage, determined at pathohistologic work up after surgical treatment, was analyzed. Results: 35 breast carcinomas were detected in the 33 women. Local tumor stages were DCIS in 11.4% (4 of 35), T1a in 8.6% (3 of 35), T1b in 20% (7 of 35), T1c in 54.3% (19 of 35) and T2 in 5.7% (2 of 35). In three o…