Breast Sonograms?

Question

Why do doctors rely so heavily on breast sonograms to dictate the next step when sonograms show less than 30% cancers?

Answer 1

breast sonograms are the first diagnostic procedure to diagnose breast cancer at its early stages but they are not reliable. if there is a hint of unsurety in the results they ask women to undergo biopsy to be sure. biopsy is a better diagnostic procedure and is more reliable


it is better to know the status of your body early to be able to prevent getting more ill and to find the suitable solution

Answer 2

The age of the woman will often play a role in which comes first: sonogram or mammogram and I've had both done in my 20s when I had some issues with my breasts.

I was 26 when I had my first mammogram and I found out from one of the hospitals here in my hometown thru their breast center that if I had taken the order for the mammogram I got from the dr at the time to that facility, that the radiologist would have made the dr redo it for a sonogram.

The reason for sonogram in younger women is because it shows their breasts better if there are issues than a mammogram will. When I went to the primary care physician I had at the time I took the films with me from the mammogram I had. She asked me what the envelope was and I told her. She hit the ceiling and confirmed what I found out at the other place.

Thankfully both that and the mammogram were negative and my issue turned out to be caused by the kind of birth control pill I was on at the time.