When a Mammogram isn’t enough, meet ABUS
“When a Mammogram isn’t enough, meet ABUS” By: Becky Johnson – October 12th, 2017
The automated breast ultrasound is a new screening technology that detects cancer in dense breasted patients. ABUS technology, in clinical trails of dense breasted women, had a 50 percent higher detection rate compared to 3D mammography. Dense breasted women face two challenges, one is that mammograms can miss cancers and also that they are more likely to develop cancer.