Ultrasound Could Supplant Biopsies

December 1st, 2006 in Medicine & Health / Cancer

(AP) -- An experimental ultrasound technique that measures how easily breast lumps compress and bounce back could enable doctors to determine instantly whether a woman has cancer or not without doing a biopsy.

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