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Breast Cancer
Prospective study of breast intraoperative ultrasound conducted in 112 patients
June 9th, 2005
A prospective study of breast intraoperative ultrasound was conducted in 112 patients with impalpable lesions. According to recent research from Australia, "Preoperative hookwire localizations have been used for some years to guide excision of subclinical breast lesions. With the availability of ultrasonography in the operating theatre, these localizations can be done intraoperatively." "One hundred and thirty lesions in 112 consecutive patients with impalpable breast lesions were intraoperatively localized and excised, obviating the need for preoperative localizations," explained S.J. Buman and colleagues, Breast Center. The...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-09)
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