%0 Journal Article
%T Latest on Laser Mammography in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
%A M.Sh. Arshad
%A Sh. Allami
%J Iranian Journal of Radiology
%D 2007
%I Tehran University of Medical Sciences
%X Background and Objective: Breast compression and radiation fears/dangers are the most prevalent causes reported by women avoiding mammography, rou-tinely or otherwise. This study was carried out to find out the accuracy/precision and quality of laser mam-mography in diagnosing breast cancer amongst women and compared the results with routine meth-ods of mammography. Materials and Methods: Eighty patients with the di-agnosis of breast cancer by routine/ordinary mam-mography were also studied by laser mammography in two hospitals in Canada and one hospital in the United States of America the results of which I saw during a recent academic trip to those countries. The apparatus consists of a table on which the woman lies down and her breast hangs through a hole in the ta-ble. The laser beam rotates at an angle of 360 degrees around the hanging breast and images are obtained and stored in a computer. Biopsy may also be ob-tained simultaneously. Results: Excellent high quality images of breast tu-mors are obtained with specific precise localization of them far superior to those images obtained by ordi-nary/routine mammography, and simultaneous bi-opsy confirming the diagnosis. We will screen a video film about the methods and results of this technique at the congress too. Conclusion: Laser mammography is safe, accurate, reliable, pain free, compression free mammography. It is assumed that laser mammography will establish its place in mammography and will replace the cur-rent methods of mammography.
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