Are mammograms used to detect breast cancer?
Yes. Mammography is one method used to detect breast cancer, utilizing x-rays to generate images of breast tissue to find tumors. Mammograms are a widely available screening tests used to evaluate breast problems. Often the best chance of finding breast cancer is a combination of a monthly self-exam, a healthcare provider’s annual exam and mammograms as directed. I read something about breast MRI. What is it? Breast MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, is a technique that improves the quality of breast cancer assessment, enabling a patient with breast cancer, or at high risk of breast cancer, to have both breasts examined in a single MRI test. How does MRI compare to mammography or ultrasound? To begin with, mammography and ultrasound can be used to visualize a lesion in a patient suspected of having breast cancer, and a biopsy determines whether it is cancerous or not. If it is in fact cancerous, it will need to be determined if the patient has only one lesion and is a right for a lump
