‘One size fits all’ breast imaging is a thing of past with new personalized breast exams by Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS).

Mammography misses 30% of breast cancers in dense breast which means that nearly 40% of women have the chance of missing breast cancer by simple screening mammography. Now it is possible to individualize breast imaging for each patient using multimodality approach.

Starting with personal and family history, followed by gold standard screening mammography with new technology of breast tomosynthesis, we can know the personal biology of the patient.

 Knowing that the woman has dense breast after the initial screening Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) can be performed which increases the chances of cancer detections even after negative mammography.  

Using all this tool synergistically it is possible to increase the breast cancer detection rate by 55 percent over mammography alone.

More information about the ABUS by GE healthcare can be found here: https://obgynupdated.blogspot.com/2017/03/innovative-breast-ultrasound-system-for.html

More information about screening modalities other than mammography can be found here: https://obgynupdated.blogspot.com/2017/04/looking-beyond-screening-mammography-in.html

Know more about personalized breast cancer screening by watching this video.