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Breast Cancer
Survey finds women will be inconvenienced for noninvasive biopsy procedures
March 17th, 2005
Survey finds women will be inconvenienced for noninvasive biopsy procedures. These findings and other insights are included in the results of a patient survey conducted by Dr. Rita Hanover, director of clinical studies at TechniScan Medical Systems Inc. (TMS), a Salt Lake City, Utah-based developer of ultrasound technology for breast imaging. A majority of women would be willing to travel farther, pay more, and wait longer for test results if it meant ruling out the need for an invasive and possibly painful breast cancer biopsy procedure. The data was compiled from surveys completed by women who participated in a recent feasibility study of breast...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-17)
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