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Breast Cancer Screening

Sonography in conjunction with mammography may enhance diagnosis of malignancy

"Several established mammographic criteria of malignancy are known, including the presence of a mass lesion with spiculated or irregular margins, architectural distortions, suggestive microcalcifications, and asymmetric density or breast tissue," investigators in the United States report. "A pattern of unilaterally dilated ducts has previously been shown to have a very low positive predictive value for cancer."

B.E. Dogan and colleagues stated, "The few reports of studies that have investigated the possible relationship of ductal dilatation and malignancy concluded...

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