Oophorectomy More Effective Than Ultrasound Screening in Preventing BRCA1-Related Ovarian Cancer
Results of a prospective study comparing effectiveness of ultrasound screening and salpingo-oophorectomy in preventing ovarian cancer are presented.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Novel Approach Uses Ultrasound to Enhance Efficacy of Chemotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer
Combining a laboratory ultrasound technique called sonoporation with the commercially available chemotherapy compound gemcitabine increases the porosity of pancreatic cells with microbubbles and helps get the drug into cancer cells.
Risk of Ovarian Cancer Predicted With Fine-tuned Test
A recent study fine-tuned the popular Simple Rules ultrasound test for ovarian cancer.
Breast Cancer Detection Rate of Ultrasound and Mammography Are Comparable
Ultrasound has comparable sensitivity in detecting breast cancer compared with mammography and should be considered when testing for the disease.
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