3-D Doppler ultrasound helps identify breast cancer

This a topic near and dear to my heart, since I’ve seen too many women undergo unnecessary excisional biopsies in order to ascertain whether or not they have breast cancer, when a mammogram is inconclusive.

When I was diagnosed, the radiologists at the University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, were able to determine not just that I had breast cancer, but that the sentinel node was fully involved, with ultrasound. This was all confirmed with both Fine Needle and Core biopsy.

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