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3D MAMMOGRAPHY: DOES IT SAVE MORE LIVES?
Kaitlin Bokhari, MD, Baylor Scott & White Health

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DO THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAMMOGRAMS SAVE MORE LIVES THAN TWO-DIMENSIONAL?
THAT'S WHAT A NEW STUDY AIMS TO FIND OUT.

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CLOSE TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND WOMEN ARE ENROLLED SO FAR IN THE INTERNATIONAL STUDY … ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
SOME WILL GET TRADITIONAL MAMMOGRAMS … OTHERS WILL GET 3-D. THE RESULTS WILL BE COMPARED AT THE END OF THE STUDY … TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE TYPE OF MAMMOGRAPHY A WOMAN GETS TRANSLATES INTO MORE LIVES SAVED.
BREAST SURGEON KAITLIN BOKHARI SAYS 3-D TECHNOLOGY IS SHOWN TO BE BETTER AT DETECTING ABNORMALITIES.

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Kaitlin Bokhari, MD
Baylor Scott & White Health
TRT: 17
"Instead of just taking two-dimensional X-rays, it actually compiles very small two-dimensional X-rays into a 3-D image using computer programming. And those images are more detailed and allow radiologists to detect up to 40% more abnormalities."

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WHILE 3-D IMAGING MAY CATCH MORE CANCERS … NOT ALL CANCERS WILL PROGRESS OR REQUIRE TREATMENT.
SO, THE STUDY HOPES TO PARSE OUT WHETHER 3D MAMMOGRAMS SAVE LIVES … VERSUS JUST IDENTIFY MORE CANCERS.