Breast Imaging

Question 1

Is breast cancer harder to detect in dense breasts?

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

What are methods of imaging used in breast disease?

Answer 2

Mammography (if >40yo)
USS (if <40yo)
Tomosynthesis

Question 3

What is elastography?

Answer 3

A measure of breast stiffness

Question 4

How does the stiffness of a cancerous breast differ to that of a normal one?

Answer 4

Cancerous breast is more stiff.