Breast carcinoma is the most frequent malignant disease among women. The number of newly diagnosed cases is high globally with continuously rising absolute and relative values. Unfortunately, the mortality rate is high even despite preventive and screening programmes, increased medical awareness about breast carcinoma, technically sophisticated diagnostic devices with high sensitivity and new treatment procedures. Breast carcinoma is the most frequent cause of death from malignant diseases in women in the productive age. Malign breast carcinoma has thus become a serious epidemiological, social issue for the whole society. More than 1.5 million new cases of breast cancer, which is today the...