Adding ultrasound to mammography may improve breast cancer detection in high-risk women
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 17:07
in Health & Medicine
The addition of an ultrasound examination to mammography for women at high-risk of breast cancer resulted in a higher rate of cancer detection, but also increased the number of false-positive results, according to a study in the May 14 issue of JAMA.
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