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A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier – MIT Media Lab (www.media.mit.edu)
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[–] -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

This is going to just increase false positives and unnecessary biopsies. This level of surveillance is not beneficial.

Edit: maybe for extremely high risk groups like it says in the article I guess, but the fact that they're explicitly testing it to detect noncancerous cysts (false positives) doesn't improve my confidence.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No one is going to get a biopsy after testing positive once. A positive test would mean you go to a doctor for a proper mammogram, THEN maybe a biopsy.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago*

    That's still an increased level of surveillance that is going against current recommendations. Unnecessary mammograms still result in unnecessary biopsies. You could use it for increased monitoring to detect growth I guess, but I doubt ultrasound is capable of that sort of resolution.

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