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Can Ultrasound Elastography Substitute Tissue Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Malignancy?
Feril LB1,Hata T2,Tachibana K1
Department of Anatomy, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
2Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Kagawa University Graduate SchoolofMedicine, Kagawa, Japan
Corresponding Author: Loreto B. Feril, Department of Anatomy, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Received Date: 10 Feb 2016
Accepted Date: 16 Feb 2016
Published Date: 24 Feb 2016
Copyright © 2016 Feril LB
Citation: Feril LB. (2016). Can Ultrasound Elastography Substitute Tissue Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Malignancy? Mathews J Cancer Sci. 1(1): 004.
ABSTRACT
Ultrasonography, or imaging by ultrasound, is one of the most commonly utilized diagnostic procedures today. This is despite the introduction of many other alternative diagnostic methods. The reasons include ultrasound being non-ionizing (unlike X-rays and CT scans), non-invasive (unlike tissue biopsies), less expensive and more commonly available (unlike MRI and genetic tests). In addition, new ultrasound technologies have also made ultrasonography more reliable and agile, thus offering additional diagnostic capabilities. One of these new technologies is the so-called "ultrasound elastography".
