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Joe · 10-01-2007, 02:32 AM

Adding ultrasound to mammography finds more cancers than mammography alone, but also substantially increases the number of false positives, according to first-year results from a three-year study of the two tests.

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10-01-2007, 02:32 AM	#1
Joe Webmaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Home of the "Flying Tomato" Carlsbad, CA Posts: 2,036	Adding ultrasound to mammography finds more cancers, but increases false positives Adding ultrasound to mammography finds more cancers than mammography alone, but also substantially increases the number of false positives, according to first-year results from a three-year study of the two tests. More...