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Background: Breast cancer is the most common site-specific cancer in women and is the leading cause of death from cancer for women of age 40 to 44 year. It accounts for 33% of all female cancers and is responsible for 20% of the cancer-related deaths in women. However, the vast majority of the lesions that occur in the breast are benign. Aim of the study: To assess the effectiveness of FNAC, Ultrasonography, and Mammography in the evaluation of breast lumps by correlating to histopathology. Materials and Methods: Patients attending Surgery Outpatient Department with breast-related complaints during the period from November 2017 to April 2019 were assessed using Triple assessment. Each patient was subjected to clinical examination, mammography, FNAC, Ultrasonogram and HPE, and the results analyzed. Results: 40 patients were included in the study, with age ranging from 25 years to 60 years. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of Clinical Examination w a s 87.5%, Balasundaram, A. Nilavazhagan. A comparative study with clinico-pathological correlation between ultrasonography, mammography and fine needle aspiration cytology in evaluation of breast lumps in coastal population of Karaikal. IAIM, 2019; 6(9): 21-27. Page 22 93.75%, 77.77%, 96.77%; FNAC was 87.5%, 100%, 100%, 96.96%; Mammogram was 87.5%, 90.62%, 70%, 96.6%; and SG was 62.5%, 93.75%, 71.42%, 90.90% respectively. Conclusion: In patients with a definite lump, Clinical examination and FNAC alone may be sufficient to rule out malignancy. A mammogram is needed in patients with no clinically palpable lump and to rule out multi-centric and multi-focal disease.