[Interval cancers of the breast in general practice--experiences in 10 years of observation]

Of 288 carcinomas, 51 carcinoma developed between two mammography controls during the last 10 years. These were classified according to time, growth, TNM Stage age and histological diagnosis. Various premonitary symptoms are reported which--after retrospective consideration--deserve attention before clinical and radiological manifestation and make short-term controls mandatory Scanning technique using highly sensitive X-ray films is an absolute "must" in present-day diagnostic procedures.