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Breast Cancer
Breast cancer test may be gentler, more accurate than mammography compression
June 9th, 2005
A new breast screening technology that may be able to detect tumors earlier than mammography - without the need for uncomfortable breast compression - is being tested in patients at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center. Developed at UC Davis, the machine is the first breast CT to reach clinical testing in a generation. An early prototype was tested in the 1970s, but abandoned as impractical. Unlike mammography, in which the breast is squeezed between two plates, the breast CT machine requires no breast compression. The patient lies face down a padded table. The tabletop has a circular opening in it, through which the patient places one...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-09)
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