Automated Breast Ultrasound Screening for Dense Breasts

3D Supine Automated Ultrasound (SAUS, ABUS, ABVS) for Supplemental Screening Women with Dense Breasts.

Volumetric Breast Ultrasound as a Screening Modality in Mammographically Dense Breasts

This investigation is part of an ongoing large scale study using volumetric breast ultrasound (VBUS) as a screening modality in mammographically dense breasts, offering a substantial benefit to MR imaging of the breast in terms of cost and efficiency. The addition of VBUS to mammography in women with greater than 50% breast density resulted in the detection of 12.3 per 1,000 breast cancers, com...

Breast cancer screening: Evidence of the effect of adjunct ultrasound screening in women with unilateral mammography-negative dense breasts

BACKGROUND Patients with the previous history of breast cancer are in risk of contralateral breast cancer. On the other hand, increased breast density is a risk factor for breast cancer and the sensitivity of detecting nonpalpable cancers in screening mammography in radiographically dense breasts is low. The use of ultrasonography in dense breast remains a controversial topic. The purpose of th...

Dedicated dual-head gamma imaging for breast cancer screening in women with mammographically dense breasts.

PURPOSE To compare performance characteristics of dedicated dual-head gamma imaging and mammography in screening women with mammographically dense breasts. MATERIALS AND METHODS Asymptomatic women (n = 1007) who had heterogeneously or extremely dense breasts on prior mammograms and additional risk factors provided informed consent to enroll in an institutional review board-approved HIPAA-comp...

Current Status of Supplemental Screening in Dense Breasts.

Currently, 24 American states have laws requiring that women receive some level of notification about breast density with their mammography results. Dense breast tissue can hide cancer on mammography, especially when the cancer lacks calcifications, resulting in delayed diagnosis and worse outcomes. Moreover, dense breast tissue is an independent risk factor for developing breast cancer. Partic...