{"id":42,"date":"2013-09-16T00:21:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T00:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2013-09-16T00:21:11","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T00:21:11","slug":"what-is-bi-rads-in-breast-imaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/what-is-bi-rads-in-breast-imaging\/","title":{"rendered":"What is BI-RADS in Breast Imaging?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>BIRADS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>BIRADS stands for breast imaging reporting and data systems. \u00a0It was created to standardize mammographic results.<\/li>\n<li>Biopsy is not required for BI-RADS 1,2, and 3.<\/li>\n<li>BI-RADS 0 indicates technical concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Proceeding to biopsy without additional imaging is strongly indicated for BI-RADS 4 or 5.<\/li>\n<li>Family history is not a part of the breast imaging reporting and data (BIRADS).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>BI-RADS 4<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If a BI-RADS 4 lesion ends up being benign, it is most likely a fibrocystic process (rather than a fibroadenoma &#8211; which occurs more likely in BI-RADS 3 patients.<\/li>\n<li>The frequency of carcinoma is 25-30% in BI-RADS 4 lesions associated with a mass.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ductal carcinoma (DCIS) is the most common malignancy with BI-RADS 4 patients<\/strong>, then next common is invasive ductal carcinoma. \u00a0This order is reversed in BI-RADS 5 patients.<\/li>\n<li>No additional imaging needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIRADS BIRADS stands for breast imaging reporting and data systems. \u00a0It was created to standardize mammographic results. Biopsy is not required for BI-RADS 1,2, and 3. BI-RADS 0 indicates technical concerns. Proceeding to biopsy without additional imaging is strongly indicated for BI-RADS 4 or 5. Family history is not a part of the breast imaging &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/what-is-bi-rads-in-breast-imaging\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is BI-RADS in Breast Imaging?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breast-imaging","tag-birads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.breastguide.com\/breastcancerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}