DCIS
DCIS is a noninvasive breast condition in which abnormal cells remain confined within a milk duct without spreading into surrounding tissue.
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83 matchesductal lavage
A method used to collect cells from milk ducts in the breast.
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One of the few tests that watches the brain working moment by moment instead of photographing its structure.
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An electrode is a conductor that carries electrical current between a device and the body, used both to deliver energy and to record biological signals.
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A procedure in which an endoscope is inserted into the body.
Read definitionfat necrosis
Fat necrosis is a benign condition in which damaged fat tissue can form a firm lump that closely mimics cancer on examination and imaging.
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A term used in mammography that refers to the replacement of breast tissue with fatty tissue.
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Its real value is that it forces every branch to be stated, including the choices a written paragraph can leave comfortably vague.
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A type of breast imaging test that is used to detect cancer cells in the breasts of some women who have had abnormal mammograms, or who have dense breast tissue.
Read definitionMohs surgery
A surgical procedure used to treat skin cancer.
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Neuroradiologists interpret imaging of the brain, spine, and nervous system and often perform minimally invasive procedures guided by those same images.
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A procedure in which radio waves and a powerful magnet linked to a computer are used to create detailed pictures of areas inside the body.
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A type of radionuclide scan used to find carcinoid and other types of tumors.
Read definitionperflutren protein-type A microspheres
A sterile non-pyrogenic suspension of microspheres of human serum albumin with the stable, high-molecular-weight fluorocarbon gas perflutren, used as a contrast enhancement agent for ultrasound…
Read definitionPET scan
A procedure in which a small amount of radioactive glucose (sugar) is injected into a vein, and a scanner is used to make detailed, computerized pictures of areas inside the body where the glucose…
Read definitionradioactive iodine
Iodine carrying a radioactive label, taken up by thyroid cells so that it can either photograph them or destroy them.
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Most patients never meet the radiologist who reads their scan, though the report shapes what happens next as much as any bedside examination.
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The name says radiation, yet several of the field's most used methods, ultrasound and magnetic resonance among them, involve none at all.
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A procedure that produces pictures (scans) of structures inside the body, including areas where there are cancer cells.
Read definitionsestamibi breast imaging
A type of breast imaging test that is used to detect cancer cells in the breasts of some women who have had abnormal mammograms, or who have dense breast tissue.
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