Breast Cancer

Contrast mammography reveals hard-to-find cancers

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 16th, 2003

A new technique accurately identifies breast cancers that are difficult to detect with conventional mammography, according to a study appearing in the October 2003 issue of the journal Radiology.

"The dual-energy contrast-enhanced digital subtraction mammography technique is feasible for hard-to-demonstrate breast cancers and is worthy of further study," said the study's lead author, John M. Lewin, MD. Lewin is an associate professor of radiology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, and director of breast imaging research and co-director of breast imaging at the University of Colorado Hospital Breast Center in Aurora.

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2003-10-16)

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