1 COMPUTERIZED BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS FROM FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATES William H. Wolberg, M.D., W. Nick Street, Ph.D., Dennis M. Heisey, Ph.D., Olvi L. Mangasarian, Ph.D. Departments of Surgery, Human Oncology, and Computer Sciences University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Dr. Wolberg is Professor of Surgery and Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Dr. Street is Assistant Researcher in the Departments of Surgery and Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Dr. Heisey is Assistant Scientist in the Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Dr. Mangasarian is John von Neumann Professor of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Corresponding author and address for reprints: William H. Wolberg, M.D. Department of Surgery, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792 FAX 608 263 7652, Phone 608 263 8604 This paper was presented at the Western Surgical Association meeting in Palm Desert, California, November 14, 1994.