Breast Cancer Detection in Women Under 40: Ultrasound Is Better Than Mammography for Women with Symptoms of Possible Cancer
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 00:50
in Health & Medicine
The largest analysis to date comparing ultrasound and mammography to evaluate women ages 30 to 39 with symptoms of possible breast cancer concludes that ultrasound is a superior diagnostic tool and that U.S. clinical practice guidelines, which currently recommend mammography as the first evaluation in these women, should be reconsidered.