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Ultrasound Added to Mammography Finds More Breast Cancer
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Title Ultrasound Added to Mammography Finds More Breast Cancer
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574568?src=rss
Description For women at high risk for breast cancer, adding ultrasound screening to mammography finds more cases of cancer, but increases the false-positive rate. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > General Surgery
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Date May 16, 2008
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