Breast Ultrasounds Spot More Cancers

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http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20091202/breast-ultrasounds-spot-more-cancers

http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20091202/test-may-reduce-unnecessary-breast-biopsies

iodine

Yes, an US is seen as a way to help locate some bc.  I've heard it described, if used alone, as using a flashlight to find something in a dark room----limited in effectiveness. We have to use all that is available to us, and whatever is needed---that leads to Improving our diagnostic methods.

NewportLori

Thanks for posting this information.  I have what a radiologist on my most recent MRI called "extremely dense" breast tissue and have never been told that was a risk factor for cancer as the first article indicates.  After diagnosis, I learned that it had made my cancer more difficult to detect early, but I didn't know that having dense tissue was in itself a risk factor. 

I ended up with 3 IDC tumors, the largest of which was palpable at 5.8 cm (the others were 1.6 and 1.0 cm).  The diagnostic mammogram showed the largest one as "distortion" and didn't detect the two smaller ones.  The ultrasound technician also had difficulty imaging my primary tumor and had the radiologist come in for assistance.  Ultrasound did not detect the two smaller masses.  Only MRI with contrast media showed all 3 tumors.  Clearly my cancer had been growing for years.

Women should be told by their doctors if they have dense breasts and informed that it puts them at high risk for BC.  Women with dense breasts should also be approved for MRI screenings since mammography and ultrasound are not reliable screening tools for them.  Unfortunately, I found out the hard way.

paradiseflower

Ya gotta see this video!!!!

 Breast MRI from the Patient Prospective....also on Youtube

This is the full length version:

http://www.wakeradiology.com/ForPatients/EducationalResources/BreastMRIFromthePatientPerspectiveFLVHi/tabid/402/Default.aspx