Incidence of Occult Carcinoma and High-Risk Lesions in Mammaplasty Specimens

Table 3

Findings of cancer in bilateral reduction specimens.

Reference	No. of patients	DCIS (%)	Invasive carcinoma (%)	No. of patients over 40 (% with DCIS or invasive carcinoma)
Dotto et al., 2008 [2]	516	1 (0.2)	1 (0.2)	164 (1.2)
Pitanguy et al., 2005 [3]	2488	3 (0.1)	7 (0.3)	602 (1.5)
Colwell et al., 2004 [4]	611	2 (0.3)	2 (0.3)	Not stated
Ishag et al., 2003 [5]	518	1 (0.2)	2 (0.4)	197 (1.5)