Bloody nipple discharge – a cause for concern?

14th January 2023, NIA Diagnostic Imaging

Despite the availability of modalities such as mammography, MRI and galactography, ultrasound still has a role in breast imaging. Ultrasound provides high resolution portrayal of normal and abnormal breast parenchyma as well as clear depiction of lactiferous ducts and the terminal duct-lobular unit where masses can form (4). This is particularly useful when investigating women presenting with a bloody nipple discharge.…

EARLY BREAST CANCER DETECTION – NO COMPROMISE WITH 3D MAMMOGRAPHY

13rd September 2022, NIA Diagnostic Imaging

Mammography remains the gold standard imaging technique in early-stage breast cancer diagnosis. It forms part of the triple test approach to the investigation of new breast symptoms. (Cancer Australia 2021). In the past, there used to be limitations with conventional mammography’s sensitivity and specificity in detecting abnormalities in young female breasts due to the patients’ mostly dense breast tissues.…

3D Mammogram – is there a role in clinical practice?

30th September, 2018, Dr Chee L Khoo

There is no question that screening mammograms have led to a decline in late stage breast cancers. There have been a gradual decrease in breast cancer mortality, at least partly, due to the introduction of screening mammograms over the last 25 years. But screening mammograms are not perfect. In women with dense breast tissue, the sensitivity of mammogram decreases.…