[Mass fluorographic studies and their role in detecting breast cancer]

The authors report their experience with the organization of mass fluorographic surveys of breast cancer conducted in the complex with check fluorography of the chest. The results of clinico-roentgenological investigations in 856 females, chosen with a suspicion to focal process in the mammary gland, among 17,000 females subjected to large film fluorgraphy are reported. Per each 1000 investigations there were revealed 22 cases of cancer and 8.1 cases of benign tumors and cysts of the mammary gland. Mass fluorographic survey for breast cancer is an efficient method of recognizing tumors of this localization.