Ultrasound

Doppler Images Of Arteries Provide Useful Assessment For Breast Status

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 15th, 2002

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A new study of women with breast cancer has revealed ultrasound images of arteries leading to the breast may provide useful diagnostic information.

After comparing the Doppler indices of several women with and without breast cancer, doctors at the University of Vienna in Austria have proclaimed ultrasound can give useful assessments of breast status with a specificity of more than 90%. A report of their study was issued in the journal Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The study looked at two major arteries leading to the breast, the lateral thoracic artery, which investigators also called the...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-01-15)

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