Huge Study Finds Tomosynthesis Better at Breast Cancer Detection (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Huge Study Finds Tomosynthesis Better at Breast Cancer Detection

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Images in a 47-year-old woman who presented for routine screening. (A) Craniocaudal digital mammogram shows scattered fibroglandular densities. On the left digital mammographic craniocaudal view laterally, an asymmetry (arrow) is present. (B) Left craniocaudal digital breast tomosynthesis image shows no suspicious lesion but rather a superimposition of normal fibroglandular and ligamentous structures.

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