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e12018Background: Our goal was to compare clinicopathological characteristics and DFS time among breast cancer patients diagnosed with mammography or symptoms. Methods: This was retrospective analysis of 828 patient files. Diagnosis was done with mammography or symptom,considering the followings:age,menopause,hormone and HER2 receptor,grade,histologic subtype,lymphovascular(LVI) and perineuronal invasion(PNI),adjuvant chemotheraphy,adjuvant herceptin,adjuvant hormone and adjuvant radiotheraphy use.Recurrence dates,locations and last appointment dates were noted. Results: Breast cancer was detected by mammography in 324 patients vs by sysmptom in 504.The difference in most cases between these two methods were significant,and respectively:positive ALND 30% vs 53.7% p=0.0001,LVI 13.7% vs 31.6% p=0.0001,PNI 7.2% vs 18.1% p=0.0001,adjuvant chemo 67% vs 85% p=0.0001,adjuvant hormone use 87.3% vs 82% p=0.001.However, recurrence rates did not differ sigificantly among two groups 12% vs 12.6% p=0.4.The median foll...