Breast Cancer - Diagnostics
New Procedure Takes Less Time and Costs Thousands Less
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 1st, 1995
The new procedure - ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (USFNAC) - takes only a few minutes and costs thousands of dollars less than current standard procedures.
USFNAC has been 100 percent accurate in diagnosing cancers, said Dr. Thomas G. Frazier, senior attending surgeon at the Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania. This number is based on three-month follow-up of the patients, he told the American Radium Society at its annual meeting, held in...
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