Abstract
A pilot study to evaluate assisted freehand ultrasound elasticity imaging in the sizing of early breast cancer: a comparison of B-mode and assisted freehand ultrasound elasticity ultrasound with histopathology measurements
Highlights
Women over 70 have poorer breast cancer survival than younger women, and this may be due to late stage at presentation [1]
Some Assisted freehand ultrasound (AFUSON) contour images showed a high visual correlation with the equivalent histopathology scans. This pilot study suggests that AFUSON may be useful in early breast cancer sizing
Promoting early presentation with symptoms in older women attending for their final round of breast screening may reduce stage at diagnosis costeffectively, and is unlikely to lead to overdiagnosis
Summary
The results do not support reducing the length of follow-up to 5 years. Further analysis of original pathology will be undertaken to attempt to risk-stratify patients and allow tailored follow-up regimes to be developed.
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