Can Ultrasound Elastography Help Better Manage Mammographic BI-RADS Category 4 Breast Lesions?

CONCLUSION: Conventional US combined with SE is a helpful tool for the noninvasive examination of breast lesions classified as BI-RADS category 4 on mammography. It helped increase the PPV and had the potential to avoid unnecessary biopsies of BI-RADS category 4 lesions detected on mammography.PMID:34815174 | DOI:10.1016/j.clbc.2021.10.009

Source: Clinical Genitourinary Cancer - November 24, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yang Gu Jiawei Tian Haitao Ran Weidong Ren Cai Chang Jianjun Yuan Chunsong Kang Youbin Deng Hui Wang Baoming Luo Shenglan Guo Qi Zhou Ensheng Xue Weiwei Zhan Qing Zhou Jie Li Ping Zhou Chunquan Zhang Man Chen Ying Gu Jinfeng Xu Wu Chen Yuhong Zhang Jianch Source Type: research