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    Características clínicas y radiológicas de las mujeres de 40 años que se realizaron mamografía de Screening en el Instituto del Cáncer SOLCA Cuenca, durante el eríodo 2006-2011
    (2014) Bravo Piedra, Lourdes Alicia; Cabrera Arias, Ana Cristina; Siguencia Zambrano, Carmen Lucia; Jerves Andrade, Miguel Enrique; Morales Sanmartín, Jaime Rodrigo
    Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the clinical and radiological characteristics of screening mammography in women aged forty and over who attended a specialist in Cancer Institute SOLCA Cuenca, during the period 2006-2011. Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective study in 859 women with histories which met the inclusion criteria. We used a formulary with 9 questions. Statistical analysis was performed using Excel 2010 Microsof Office. Results: The study was conducted with 859 medical records of which 56% were aged between 40 and 49 years, 55.76% were from urban areas, the 60.65% were engaged in housework, 25.84% had their menarche at 13 years, 24.26% had their menopause between 40 and 49 years, 45.29% did not have any symptoms at physical examination, the results about mammography was benign in 80.55%, only in 203 women was made biopsy, and only in 33 were found invasive Ductal Carcinoma, and of these, at 12.12% was found advanced cancer, with metastases. Conclusions: Most women attending screening mammography performed in the Cancer Institute SOLCA Cuenca had between 40 and 49 years however the diagnosis of breast cancer is more common after the age of 50 so that our study a low percentage of diagnosed cases of cancer in women who underwent screening mammography found.