Dilemma of False Negative Mammograms in Breast Cancer Patients
Suhair Khalifa Al Saad, Aicha Yamani, N. Jamsheer · Bahrain Medical Bulletin · 2014
Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the second cause of mortality after lung cancer. Mammography is an effective tool in detecting both clinically occult and palpable breast cancers. However, a good number of breast carcinomas may not appear on the mammogram. The false negative rate for conventional mammography worldwide is 10% 30% 1 . There are very few studies addressing the results of mammography in Bahrain.