Digital breast tomosynthesis (quasi three-dimensional [3D] mammography) is a relatively novel technique. It creates thin-slice reconstructions of the breast from low-dose digital mammographic images ...

The goals of breast cancer screening are to detect breast cancers as early as possible to reduce both mortality and the morbidity of therapy. It is well established that mammography is less sensitive ...

Adding ultrasound to standard mammography tests in breast screening could result in improved rates of detection for breast cancer in women in Japan, according to a new study. Adding ultrasound to ...

SAN ANTONIO — Screening ultrasound in addition to mammography should be routine for women with dense breast tissue, according to a study from Connecticut, where the first breast density notification ...

For women who are shown to have dense breasts on mammography screening, the addition of ultrasound screening has little impact on outcome, increases harms, and drastically increases costs, researchers ...