Breast cancer: mammogram of a female breast showing (at top) a large cancerous tumour (uneven white mass) that extends to the skin surface and also a smaller,benign fibroadenoma - the smaller,rounded lesion in the lower part of the breast. Mammography is a special X-ray technique that is used to visualize soft tissues of the breast as a means of screening women for breast cancer. Fibroadenomas commonly arise in the breasts of young women under 30 & may also arise through hormone imbalance in older women approaching menopause. Whilst the fibroadenoma is small & well-defined,the cancer is large & uneven | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / BREAST SCREENING UNIT, INGS COLLEGE HOSPITAL |
Taille de l’image : | 3495 px × 5020 px |
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