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The role of ABUS in the diagnosis of breast cancer
Author(s) -
Elżbieta Łuczyńska,
Marta Pawlak,
Tadeusz Popiela,
Wojciech Rudnicki
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of ultrasonography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.146
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2451-070X
pISSN - 2084-8404
DOI - 10.15557/jou.2022.0014
Subject(s) - medicine , mammography , breast cancer , radiology , breast tissue , ultrasound , breast cancer screening , tomosynthesis , magnetic resonance imaging , breast ultrasound , ultrasonography , cancer
Breast cancer, which is the most common cancer in women, is a major problem bothin Poland and worldwide. Mammography remains the primary screening method. However, thesensitivity of mammographic screening is lower in women with dense glandular breasts dueto tissue overlap and the effect of the glandular tissue obscuring the tumor and thefact that tumors and glandular tissue show similar X-ray absorption. Consequently, othermethods are being sought to increase breast cancer detection rates. Currently, the mostcommon and used methods are ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging and advancedmammographic methods (digital breast tomosynthesis and contrast-enhanced spectralmammography). Despite many advantages and superiority over mammography in dense breasts,they also have many disadvantages. Ultrasound is operator-dependent and the othertechniques are expensive or not widely available. The Automated Breast UltrasoundService (ABUS) technique appears to be a good option in terms of both effectiveness andlower cost.

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