{"id":17964,"date":"2024-12-09T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17964"},"modified":"2024-12-09T10:24:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T10:24:51","slug":"3-d-mammograms-are-overtaking-traditional-scans-are-they-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17964","title":{"rendered":"3-D Mammograms Are Overtaking Traditional Scans. Are They Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here\u2019s how good the tests are at detecting cancer and preventing false positive results.<\/p>\n

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Women going in for routine mammograms are increasingly being screened with a new type of imaging tool: digital breast tomosynthesis.<\/p>\n

The new technology, which is sometimes referred to as 3-D mammography or D.B.T., lets doctors look at the breast in greater detail. Some research has shown that it can detect slightly more cancers with fewer false positive results than conventional mammograms \u2014 though it\u2019s still too early to know whether these benefits will translate to fewer cancer deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the time we know the answer, this will already be the default technology,\u201d said Dr. Ilana Richman, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Medicine who has studied adoption of the procedure<\/a> across the United States. Almost half of all mammography units<\/a> in the country are now tomosynthesis units, and more than 90 percent of all breast imaging facilities in the country offer the procedure, according to federal data<\/a>.<\/p>\n