Clinicopathological disparities and prognostic implications of palpable vs non-palpable breast cancer: Toward precision multi-modal early screening strategies

Figure 1 Flowchart of breast screening. Conduct breast cancer screening in accordance with relevant guidelines to stratify the population into low, medium, and high-risk groups. Then, implement differentiated intervention measures and corresponding regular follow-up plans for people in different risk levels. Among them, high-risk individuals need to further determine the benign or malignant nature of breast lesions through pathological tests. Those with benign lesions are included in the medium-risk group for unified management, while those with malignant lesions will initiate subsequent targeted treatment interventions and simultaneously carry out regular follow-ups and efficacy evaluations. MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging.