New Ultrasound Technique to Detect Breast Cancer

US Researchers have designed a new type of ultrasound which has been tested and found to be very effective in determining whether lumps in breasts are cancerous or not.

The procedure is called elasticity imaging and measures the tissues’ elasticity and compression in response to pressure. Generally tumors are found to be harder and less elastic than benign lumps and thus the test can tell a dangerous growth from a harmless one.

“A tumorous lump should distort very little in response to movement,” said Richard Barr, “whereas a benign one is much more malleable.”

“The finding, if confirmed in a larger trial, could reduce the number of unnecessary breast biopsies and reassure women that their tumors are harmless,” he said . Richard Barr is a radiologist at Southwoods X-Ray and Open MRI in Youngstown, Ohio, who lead the study.

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