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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Prevelance=== | ===Prevelance=== | ||
* Fibroadenoma is the most common breast mass among adolescent women in the United States. | * Fibroadenoma is the most common breast mass among adolescent women in the United States.<ref name="pmid9494790">{{cite journal| author=Goehring C, Morabia A| title=Epidemiology of benign breast disease, with special attention to histologic types. | journal=Epidemiol Rev | year= 1997 | volume= 19 | issue= 2 | pages= 310-27 | pmid=9494790 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9494790 }} </ref> | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
* There are no definite data regarding the exact incidence of fibroadenoma among the US general population. | * There are no definite data regarding the exact incidence of fibroadenoma among the US general population. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Haytham Allaham, M.D. [2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevelance
- Fibroadenoma is the most common breast mass among adolescent women in the United States.[1]
Incidence
- There are no definite data regarding the exact incidence of fibroadenoma among the US general population.
Age
- Fibroadenoma commonly affects individuals younger than 30 years of age.
Gender
- Females are more commonly affected with fibroadenoma than males.
Race
- Fibroadenoma usually affects individuals of the African American race. Caucasian individuals are less likely to develop fibroadenoma.
References
- ↑ Goehring C, Morabia A (1997). "Epidemiology of benign breast disease, with special attention to histologic types". Epidemiol Rev. 19 (2): 310–27. PMID 9494790.