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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer research reported from La Sapienza University
July 10th, 2008
"The purpose of this study was to evaluate retrospectively the accuracy of low-dose MDCT in the differentiation of breast lesions suspected on mammography and sonography. MDCT was performed on 61 patients with mammographic or sonographic findings suggestive of breast cancer who could not undergo MR mammography," scientists writing in the American Journal of Roentgenology report. "For each lesion, morphologic features, attenuation, and time -attenuation curve pattern were evaluated. The 1-minute cut point of attenuation was analyzed on the images. CT findings were compared with histopathologic results, which were the reference standard. Forty-seven of 61 patients...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-10)
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