EP18.11: Breast ultrasound in Afghanistan

Advances in Breast Ultrasound

Though till now in guide lines of early detection of breast carcinoma indications for breast ultrasound are restricted in this sense, already in the eighties of the 20th century, the capability of breast ultrasound went far beyond this limits (Hackelöer et al., 1986 ). In contrast to mammography ultrasound is able to generate a detailed map of the anatomic structure of the breast. Because of th...

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Logistic discriminant analysis of breast cancer using ultrasound measurements

Background: Logistic discriminant method was applied to differentiate malignant from benign in a group of patients with proved breast lesions on the basis of ultrasonic parameters. Materials and Methods: Our database include 273 patients' ultrasonographic pictures consisting of 14 quantitative variables. The measured variables were ultrasound propagation velocity, acoustic impedence and attenua...

Breast ultrasound in women with familial risk of breast cancer.

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to assess the performance and value of breast ultrasound in women with familial risk of breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS From an initial dataset of 245 women with positive family history who had breast cancer surveillance utilising mammography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) between November 1994 and February 2001, 179 subjects with follow-up dat...

Ultrasound-guided boost irradiation of tumor cavity after lumpectomy in breast cancer

Background:  After breast conserving surgery, most recurrences occur around the primary tumor site. This justifies the use of boost radiotherapy to the primary site of tumor. Surgical scar is not always a good surrogate for the location of the lumpectomy cavity. The aim of this study was to evaluate ultrasonic guidance for detection of the lumpectomy cavity after breast conserving surgery ...