Abstract
Breast imaging technology has advanced significantly from the 1930s until the present. American women have a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer. Mammography has been proven in multiple clinical trials to reduce breast cancer mortality. Although a mainstay of breast imaging and improved from film-screen mammography, digital mammography is not a perfect examination. Overlapping obscuring breast tissue limits mammographic interpretation. Breast digital tomosynthesis reduces and/or eliminates overlapping obscuring breast tissue. Although there are some disadvantages with digital breast tomosynthesis, this relatively lost-cost technology may be used effectively in the screening and diagnostic settings.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 362-379 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Breast
- Cancer
- Digital
- Mammography
- Tomosynthesis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Obstetrics and Gynecology