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Breast Cancer
Findings from S.W.W. Chan and co-authors broaden understanding of breast cancer
January 6th, 2009
According to recent research published in the World Journal of Surgery, "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of high-resolution ultrasonography in the detection of clinically and mammographically occult breast cancer. From September 2003 to November 2006, a total of 1485 patients were confirmed to have in situ or invasive breast cancer in Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital Breast Care Centre." "All patients underwent mammography (MMG) and/ or sonography (USG) evaluation. Patients' age and size of tumor detected by USG alone were compared with those detected by MMG. Altogether, 222 patients (17%) had positive imaging findings on USG only,...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-06)
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