(J-START) :

Noriaki Ohuchi1, Akihiko Suzuki1, Tomotaka Sobue2

  • 1Department of Surgical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

Lancet (London, England)
|November 9, 2015
PubMed
まとめ

マンモグラフィーに超音波を追加すると,乳がんのスクリーニングの感度と40歳から49歳の女性の早期発見率が大幅に改善されます. この補助的超音波検査は マンモグラフィー検査のみと比較して 早期の癌を多く特定します

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