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Breast Cancer Screening
Studies conducted at Yonsei University, Medical Department on breast cancer screening recently published
June 12th, 2008
"The objective of our study was to report the results of classification of sonographic findings according to BI-RADS and to calculate the positive predictive value (PPV) for each BI-RADS assessment category. We prospectively classified 4,668 breast sonograms according to BI-RADS final assessment category," scientists in Seoul, South Korea report. "Suspicious sonographic findings were divided into major and minor suspicious findings. Category 1 was normal and category 2 was a benign finding such as cyst or nodule with uniform and intense hyperechogenicity. A nodule neither category 2 nor category 4 or 5 was defined as category 3. A nodule with one or more suspicious...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-12)
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