Radiological anatomy of the breast.

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer site in women (28.8% of all cancer sites), the seconc most common in the world with an estimated 1.67 million new cases diagnosed in 2012 (25% of all cancers) and an estimated lifetime risk of 1/9 women. It is the fifth cause of tumor death overall (7.5%) and the first in women. Diagnostic senology has the purpose of the early diagno sis of breast cancer. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the role of all imaging techniques in studying the norma morphological anatomy of the breast. Knowing the normal anatomy of the breast is essentia to integrate all available imaging techniques in order to distinguish normal from pathologica structures.