What is Whole Breast Ultrasound Screening?
• How is it different from focused breast ultrasound? Ultrasound has been used for over twenty years to investigate the cause of breast lumps or to evaluate findings first discovered by mammography. Radiologists have been aware for sometime that many cancers not apparent on mammograms can be seen with ultrasound. Several companies are now developing equipment designed to make ultrasound screening of the entire breast a feasible study for everyday use. Since February, 2005 we have used Sonocine, which collects thousands of ultrasound images of the breast and formats them for radiologist review. The published multi-center trial in which Dr. Dean participated showed that cancer detections were doubled by adding Sonocine ultrasound findings to mammography. • for more information please visit: www.sonocine.com or to read Dr. Dean’s article click here. • What is the cost of Whole Breast Ultrasound? • When performed at the same appointment with another exam, such as mammography or DEXA, the c
