Breast screens are so important
Hi
It was time for my 2 yearly mammogram, my GP and I had been using a combination of mammogram and ultrasound for screening.
The mammogram was all clear but the ultrasound found a small change i...
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Is there differ t types of ultrasounds you can get? I get regular mammograms and ultrasounds...but even they don't pick everything up due to dense breast tissue. My last years picked up an irregular lump...long story short...ended up with mastectomy which found 3 cancers. The one picked up on mammogram & ultrasounds was 6mm. One more was picked up on MRI (can't remember which one). The other two lumps were 12mm and 5mm.
So I'm even wondering for future screening whether ultrasound is even enough. Someone mentioned 3D ultrasound but I don't know if that's something different. Are there other options for dense breast tissue?