Labib Nargis Albert, Ghobashi Maha Mohamed, Moneer Manar Mohamed, Helal Maha Hesien, Abdalgaleel Shaimaa Abdalaleem
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt E-mail :
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2013;14(8):4647-50. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.8.4647.
Breast illumination was suggested as a simple method for breast cancer screening. BreastLight is a simple apparatus for this purpose.
To evaluate the diagnostic performance of BreastLight as a screening tool of breast cancer in comparison to mammography and histopathology.
This hospital-based cross sectional study was conducted in the mammography unit of the radiodiagnosis department at National Cancer Institute, Cairo University. All participants were subjected to breast examination with the BreastLight tool, mammography and ultrasonography. Suspicious cases were biopsied for histopathological examination which is considered as a gold standard.
The mean age of the participants was 46.3±12.4 years. Breast illumination method had sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and total accuracy of 93.0%, 73.7%, 91.4%, 77.8% and 88.2%, respectively in detection of breast cancer.
Breast illumination method with BreastLight apparatus is a promising easy-to-use tool to screen for breast cancer suitable for primary health care physician or at-home use. It needs further evaluation especially in asymptomatic women.
乳房照明被认为是一种用于乳腺癌筛查的简单方法。BreastLight是用于此目的的一种简单设备。
与乳房X线摄影和组织病理学相比，评估BreastLight作为乳腺癌筛查工具的诊断性能。
这项基于医院的横断面研究在开罗大学国家癌症研究所放射诊断科的乳房X线摄影室进行。所有参与者均接受了BreastLight工具、乳房X线摄影和超声检查。对可疑病例进行活检以进行组织病理学检查，这被视为金标准。
参与者的平均年龄为46.3±12.4岁。乳房照明方法在检测乳腺癌方面的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值、阴性预测值和总准确率分别为93.0%、73.7%、91.4%、77.8%和88.2%。
使用BreastLight设备的乳房照明方法是一种很有前景的易于使用的乳腺癌筛查工具，适合初级保健医生或在家中使用。它需要进一步评估，尤其是在无症状女性中。
