title: Direct-contact B-scan sonomammography--an aid to X-ray mammography.
abstract: The addition of direct-contact B-scan ultrasound to X-ray mammography has resulted in a pre-operative sensitivity for carcinoma of ninety-seven per cent. There has also been a reduction in the number of biopsies for benign breast disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Guyer
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*