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In recent years, breast cancer in urban areas the incidence of white-collar workers in more and more younger patients with a clear trend. Southern Medical University, Third Affiliated Hospital of Gynecology Dr. Guo Suiqun director pointed out that if the early detection of breast cancer, the chance of cure. For females, regular ultrasonography and X-ray, the diagnosis rate of breast cancer as early as high as 80%. The incidence of breast cancer in China has entered a period of rapid growth, an annual 2% ~ 3% growth rate continues to rise, urban women now account for the first malignant tumor, and the more obvious trends in incidence of younger, 30 years of age has a large number of patients with breast cancer. Guo Qun was that Europe and the United States an average of eight women over the age of 40 who have breast cancer in patients, but because these countries have X-ray examination and ultrasound screening of breast cancer as women's primary means of early breast cancer diagnosis rate of more than 80%, the survival rate of patients with breast cancer as high as 80% ~ 90%, the rate of breast conserving surgery is also more than 60%. In China, the existence of the following characteristics of breast cancer, first, fast growth rate, and the other is the low rate of breast conserving surgery, principally because of the breast cancer is early detection and diagnosis rate is low. Guo group was reminded that women over the age of 30 once a year the best breast ultrasound and X-ray examination, this can be found that the majority of early breast cancer. Women compared to Europe and the United States, the Chinese women's breast are smaller and dense glandular organization, less adipose tissue, the breast ultrasound examination can effectively identify cystic lesions, solid and axillary lymph node scanning X-ray is superior, nor radiation damage will be.