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SonoCiné:
Breast Cancer Detection Beyond Your Mammogram And Traditional Ultrasound
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This site contains information about SonoCiné,
a new investigational whole-breast ultrasound process for early
breast cancer detection. For the answers to the most commonly
asked questions about SonoCiné, visit
our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
section.
is SonoCiné?
A new
investigational
ultrasound breast cancer detection method
that may be
able to find
cancers that mammograms and conventional ultrasound exams may miss.
In current testing,
SonoCiné has been able to
detect some cancers before they can be felt by breast self-examination. Also,
SonoCiné
produces from 2,000 to 5,000
permanent
images of the breast compared to only
about 30 permanent images produced by a traditional ultrasound
breast exam. As many as half of all potentially visible cancers,
in women with dense breasts, may not be seen with conventional
mammography.
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Dr. Kelly in consultation with a patient
after discovery of a 1/6 inch tumor.
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SonoCiné Needed?
Because mammograms miss up to 25 percent of all breast cancers (according
to a recent study) and nearly 50 percent of cancers in dense
breast tissue. In the first clinical study comparing SonoCiné
and mammography, 20 cancers were found. SonoCiné
detected 18 of these breast cancers and mammography detected
15. SonoCiné found three cancers that were not detected
by either mammography or physical examination.
Since this first study, SonoCiné has discovered 7 additional cancers
missed by physical exam and/or mammography.
is SonoCiné Offered?
SonoCiné, a painless,
investigational,
breast cancer detection method that
uses ultrasound, not X-ray, is available at the Hill
Breast Center in Pasadena.
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"SonoCiné detected two malignant tumors, one in
each breast of my patient B.G., that were missed by the mammogram
she'd had only two months earlier. She immediately underwent
surgery and today is cancer free. SonoCiné probably
saved her
life. SonoCiné is
breakthrough investigational technology for early
breast cancer detection."
--David M. Faddis, MD, Oncological Surgeon,
Immediate Past President of the Medical Staff at Huntington
Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA |
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