18 April, 2019
Why did Joan Lunden get a breast ultrasound... and should you get one?
When Joan, who was diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer, revealed her disease was detected through a breast ultrasound after she’d received a "normal" mammogram, some questioned why she had the second screening. If the mammogram missed Lunden’s cancer, should all women get a breast ultrasound?
New York diagnostic radiologist Dr. Susan Drossman, who joined Joan in the Orange Room Friday, explains.
Dr. Susan Drossman on TodayWhy did Joan Lunden get a breast ultrasound?
Mammography is currently the best screening tool available. However, mammography does not do the whole job in women with dense breasts. Women should understand that dense fibroglandular breast tissue can obscure some breast masses.
18 April, 2019