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Ultrasounds Help Find Breast Cancer — And Harmless Spots, Says USA Today

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Posted: Wed., May 14, 2008, 07:34 pm

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Topics: Breast Cancer, Diagnosis, Prevention, News

By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
Screening women with both ultrasounds and mammograms allows doctors to find more breast cancers than if they rely on mammograms alone, a new study shows. However, the combination also leads to many more unnecessary biopsies, and experts don't recommend it to most patients.

Researchers involved in a study of more than 2,600 women in today's Journal of the American Medical Association focused on women at high risk, such as those who have had previous breast tumors.
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