Quick Study: Dual Breast-Cancer Screening

Screening for breast cancer with both ultrasound and mammogram gives a better diagnosis than with either method by itself -- although it increases the number of biopsies for lesions that turn out to be non-cancerous. The findings, in a study in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, affirms a belief long held by Dr. Nilza Kallos of the Breast Health Center and Diagnostic Ultrasound of Miami, a pioneer in using ultrasound. "For many years we have been asking for this study because insurance was not paying for routine ultrasound," Kallos said. "Now we think they will." Kallos urged ultrasound testing for women at high risk -- those with a family history, those who are diagnosed before age 50, those who test positive...