No association between breast pain and breast cancer: a prospective cohort study of 10 830 symptomatic women presenting to a breast cancer diagnostic clinic.
Rajiv V DaveHannah BromleyVicky P TaxiarchiElizabeth CamachoSumohan ChatterjeeNicola BarnesGillian HutchisonPaul BishopWilliam T HamiltonCliona Clare KirwanAshu GandhiPublished in: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (2022)
This study shows that referring women with breast pain to a breast diagnostic clinic is an inefficient use of limited resources. Alternative management pathways could improve capacity and reduce financial burden.