Imaging

Key Information

Size and location of primary tumor, involvement of distant sites.

• Mammogram
  Unilateral (single breast), bilateral (both breasts), contralateral (side not suspected of containing cancer).

  Key words/possible involvement:
  Lesion, mass, irregular density, clustered calcification, spiculation, mammary duct distortion or asymmetry, nodular density, skin or nipple thickening, enlarged lymph nodes.

  Key words/no involvement:
  If there is no specific reference to visible abnormality in the breast under suspicion.

• Chest X-Ray
• Imaging, Bone
• Imaging, Brain
• Imaging, Liver/spleen

For more information about imaging, you may visit the following pages in the Diagnostic Tests module: Other Imaging.