Breast imaging reporting and data system

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Breast imaging reporting and data system, commonly known by the abbreviation BI-RADS, a standardized system for reporting breast radiology.

It is characterized by:[1]

  • 0: Incomplete - come back for more imaging.
  • 1: Negative.
  • 2: Benign finding(s).
  • 3: Probably benign - often short follow-up.
  • 4: Suspicious abnormality - needs biopsy.
  • 5: Highly suggestive of malignancy.
  • 6: Pathologist says there is a malignancy.

See also

References

  1. ↑ URL: http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm. Accessed on: 16 March 2011.
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