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Breast Cancer

Positron emission mammography device detects small lesions

Results of a pilot study, conducted by Duke University Medical Center researchers and published in the February 2005 issue of the journal Radiology, show that the unit imaged 18 malignant tumors in 23 patients receiving additional screening due to suspicious mammograms.

For many women, regular mammograms allow physicians to spot breast cancer tumors as dense lumps in the breast. But mammography often fails in women who have dense breast tissue due, for instance, to genetics or scarring.

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