Breast imaging

Advances in earlier cancer detection

Reports of breast-imaging advances appear regularly in the news, driven by the ongoing quest for earlier and more definitive breast cancer detection. The earlier breast cancer is detected, the better the chances of successful treatment.

For nearly four decades, mammography has been the gold standard method for detecting early breast cancer. More recently, digital mammography has come into limited use, resulting in X-ray images that can be viewed and enhanced on computer screens.

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