Supplementary Screening Sonography in Mammographically Dense Breast: Pros and Cons
Korean Journal of Radiology
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: 589-593, 2010.
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ABSTRACT
Sonography is an attractive supplement to mammography in breast cancer screening because it is relatively inexpensive, requires no contrast-medium injection, is well tolerated by patients, and is widely available for equipment as compared with MRI. Sonography has been especially valuable for women with mammographically dense breast because it has consistently been able to detect a substantial number of cancers at an early stage. Despite these findings, breast sonography has known limitations as a screening tool; operator-dependence, the shortage of skilled operators, the inability to detect microcalcifications, and substantially higher false-positive rates than mammography. Further study of screening sonography is still ongoing and is expected to help establish the role of screening sonography.
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Assunto principal:
Biópsia
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Neoplasias da Mama
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Mamografia
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Variações Dependentes do Observador
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Valor Preditivo dos Testes
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Ultrassonografia Mamária
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Diagnóstico Diferencial
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo prognóstico
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Korean Journal of Radiology
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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