Common adjuvant breast exams include breast ultrasound, mammography, breast MRI, breast puncture, and more.
Mammography plays a very important role in the screening process of breast cancer, and the following are the common adjuvant examinations of the breast at present.
1. Breast ultrasound: Breast ultrasound is the preferred screening test for the breast. It has good resolution of soft tissue, can detect small lesions of several millimeters, and is non-radioactive.
2. Mammography: Mammography can make an early diagnosis of breast cancer, especially for calcified foci, and is mainly used as a screening tool for breast disease in women over 30 years of age. However, it has the disadvantages of radiation and low resolution.
3. Breast MRI: This test is an important complement to mammography and ultrasonography. It has a high sensitivity for dense breast and local recurrence of breast cancer after surgery, while its tomography can be imaged in arbitrary three dimensions, which can make lesion localization more accurate. Especially for the detection of some multicentric and multifocal lesions, the degree of invasion of peri-mammary tissues shows superiority over other examination methods.
4. Other tests: such as breast puncture biopsy, ductoscopy, etc.
When a woman finds a lump in her breast, she should go to the hospital immediately for early detection and treatment.