[Cancer risk in breast lesions: diagnostic and therapeutic strategy]

BACKGROUND: The classification, diagnostic recognition and surgical treatment of breast lesions at risk of neoplastic transformation represent some of the most important objectives in breast research. Attention has been focused on lesions at risk of neoplastic transformation in breast pathology, such as: atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH), multiple intraductal papilloma and sclerosing adenosis. METHODS: Our experience regards activity carried out from 1996 to 2001; the diagnostic approach included routine performance of echotomographic examination, mammography screening indicated in women >40 and, in selected cases, in women 40 and, in selected cases, in women