Ultrasound a Safer Alternative to Invasive Breast Biopsy

A new study has determined that the use of ultrasound for the monitoring of certain breast lesions with a low likelihood of developing cancer may be a safer and more reassuring option than a biopsy.

Chairman of Radiology at Steyr's Ambulatory Care Center in Austria, Dr. Oswald Graf, who was also study author, opined that this method of observing some masses can help women avoid unessential and insidious biopsies.

In a breast ultrasound, images of breast tissues are made with the help of sound waves. This is not as invasive as a biopsy because tissue samples are not collected for analyses as they are with biopsies.

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