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Diagnostics
New Technique for Imaging Blood Vessels May Improve Breast Cancer Detection
May 6th, 2000
A new medical imaging approach being developed at the University of Michigan Health System may give patients and doctors a way to tell even before biopsy if most masses inside the breast are malignant or benign. It may also provide a way to detect tumors long before a mammogram or breast self-exam could, and to track a tumor's response to treatment faster. Called 3-D color Doppler ultrasound, the technique uses sound waves and sophisticated computerized equipment to allow doctors to see how quickly blood is moving in the vessels around a suspicious area - and to see that area in three dimensions. Because cancer cells grow rapidly and need extra...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2000-05-06)
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