Role Of Ultrasound Technology In Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Abstract

Breast cancer is one of the scary disease by its high prevalence in mortality and cancer associated morbidity. Accurate diagnosis in the early stage can control the associated complications toa greater extent which also leads to a better provision of early management. Mammography is the widely used technique for the diagnosis and screening of breast cancer and ultrasound appeared to be a better adjunct to mammography, particularly in case of the dense breast. Moreover, the ultrasound technique is very much effective in segregating the mammogram identified lesions to the cyst or a solid mass. This will help the surgeon and other healthcare professionals to call a decision to go for a biopsy and other surgical procedures. Overall, the ultrasound revealed a sensitivity of 80.1% and specify of 88.4% in breast cancer diagnosis with a very good detection rate. However, ultrasound failed to produce a better effect than other techniques in comparative analyses. Hence, with the currently available evidences, ultrasound can’t be considered as a single most diagnostic strategy in breast cancer, though it can be a good adjunct to other techniques like mammography. Further high-quality homogenous evidences needs to be explored to confirm its use in breast cancer diagnosis.