Breast cancer has seriously been threatening physical and mental health of women in the world, and its morbidity and mortality also show clearly upward trend in China over time. Through inquiry, we find that survival rate of patients with early‐stage breast cancer is significantly higher than those with middle‐ and late‐stage breast cancer, hence, it is essential to conduct research to quickly diagnose breast cancer. Until now, many methods for diagnosing breast cancer have been developed, mainly based on imaging and molecular biotechnology examination. These methods have great contributions in screening and confirmation of breast cancer. In this review article, we introduce and elaborate the advances of these methods, and then conclude some gold standard diagnostic methods for certain breast cancer patients. We lastly discuss how to choose the most suitable diagnostic methods for breast cancer patients. In general, this article not only summarizes application and development of these diagnostic methods, but also provides the guidance for researchers who work on diagnosis of breast cancer.

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乳腺癌细胞和组织诊断方法综述

乳腺癌已严重威胁着全球女性的身心健康，其发病率和死亡率在我国也呈现明显上升趋势。通过询问，我们发现早期乳腺癌患者的生存率明显高于中晚期乳腺癌，因此，开展快速诊断乳腺癌的研究非常必要。迄今为止，已经开发了许多诊断乳腺癌的方法，主要基于影像学和分子生物技术检查。这些方法对乳腺癌的筛查和确诊有很大的贡献。在这篇综述文章中，我们介绍和阐述了这些方法的进展，然后总结了某些乳腺癌患者的金标准诊断方法。我们最后讨论了如何为乳腺癌患者选择最合适的诊断方法。总的来说，本文不仅总结了这些诊断方法的应用和发展，也为从事乳腺癌诊断工作的研究人员提供了指导。