Elastogram instantly diagnoses breast cancer

Experimental ultrasound method could mean fewer biopsies for women

An experimental technique of ultrasounds which measures how easily the pieces of centre are compressed and rebound behind could make it possible doctors to immediately determine if a woman has cancer or not without making a biopsy.

In a small study of 80 women, technique - “elastography” called - inoffensive pieces distinguished from the malignant ones with almost 100 percent of exactitude.

If the results support in a greater study, the elastography could save thousands of women of waiting, cost, faintness and concern of a biopsy, in which cells are removed centre - sometimes with a needle, sometimes with a scalpel - and are examined under a microscope.