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A tumor does not have to be malignant to cause serious symptoms and lead to billions of dollars in health care spending every year.

Less than 20 percent of women performed regular breast exams, and the standard treatment for a woman going in to have a tumor biopsied was, if it was found to be malignant, to keep her under anesthesia and perform a radical mastectomy.

Nodules that were pure ground-glass opacities were more likely to be malignant (59 to 73%) than solid nodules (7 to 9%).

Of the cases 67/120 (55.8%) were proved to be malignant and 53/120 (44.2%) to be benign, thus the ratio of benign to malignant biopsies was about 1.2: 1 (Table 1).

Many of these mixed tumours are likely to be malignant and may grow to great proportions.

Of the cases 42/59 (71.2%) were proved to be malignant and 17/59 (28.8%) to be benign in the definitive histology.

> Round (spherical) nodes are more likely to be malignant than oval nodes according to several studies[ 14].

Of the ten RAS-negative nodules, eight were found to be malignant and two were found to be benign at surgery.

If inhomogeneous enhancement of a large node is seen, this is more likely to be malignant, but homogeneous enhancement may be due to benign or malignant disease.

There is evidence to suggest that, unlike in adults, sharply defined nodules are more likely to be malignant and small nodules (<0.5 cm) are as likely to be malignant as larger nodules.

In five other cases, a growth reported to be benign was later found to be malignant, and in six cases one type of cancer had been mistaken for a different type.