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<i>Ultrasound increases diagnostic accuracy in breast cancer</i>
Digital mammography (kind of X-ray) is the gold standard for detection of breast cancer. Only mammography can detect 42% of breast cancer, but when ultrasound is added, diagnostic accuracy is increased up to 78%. Small invasive cancer without any metastasis (spread) can be detected by ultrasound easily — that is the best target in breast cancer screening. Dense breast (more glandular tissue than fat) is prone to develop cancer more than non-dense one. Ultrasound has the high rate of accuracy in detecting the fat-glandular tissue density in the breast.
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