Breast Cancer (Screening)

Digital Mammography Provides More Information for Diagnoses

Published in Cancer Weekly, December 14th, 1998

Images of the female breast created digitally could lead to more accurate breast cancer screening and diagnoses than traditional X-ray films, according to a study.

The research, conducted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine scientists and colleagues, shows radiologists often prefer digital images over film because they provide better information on which to base diagnoses, said lead researcher Dr. Etta Pisano.

Eventually, the hope is that fewer women will die of breast cancer because their tumors will be found and treated earlier through the new technology, scientists say.

Pisano, of the UNC...

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