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Usg breast
Do usg breast suffient for detecting cancer? if usg report shows birad 2 then need any further test or its sufficient? i am too tense that if its sufficient or not,? or its possible that usg shows benign and mammo and mri detect cancer?
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Hi practo user ,
Young women with age less than 35 and dense firm breast ultrasonography gives better details than mammography
But in women above 35 and less dense breast , mammography is better but if the tumour is less than 1mm it’s sensitivity becomes less .
MRI can detect small lesions but it specificity is low and in dense breast leads to overdiagnosis .
With birad 2 and no family history , u just need to have a self breast examination on a regular basis and if in doubt consult immediately but with family history you should be more cautious and then you need urgent evaluation.
consult a general surgeon or a oncosurgeon for examination, evaluation and further management.
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