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Thursday Aug 09, 2018
Thursday Aug 09, 2018
June 2008 Author in the Room® Teleconference
Author: Wendie A. Berg, MD, PhD
Summary Points:
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Adding a single screening ultrasound examination to screening mammography in women at increased risk of breast cancer with at least heterogeneously dense breasts increases the cancer detection rate from 50 percent to 78 percent.
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The risk of a biopsy for a benign lesion in our series was 1 in 40 for women undergoing mammography versus 1 in 10 for women undergoing mammography combined with ultrasound screening.
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Using the standardized technique and interpretive criteria developed for this study, other radiologists and facilities with similar equipment and experience should expect similar results.
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