In St. Petersburg, state-of-the-art equipment detects cancer two years earlier
Breast cancer can develop even when the patient is unaware of it. The outcome of treatment depends on the timing of the diagnosis. In the St. Petersburg Oncology Center, this is done at the earliest possible stage, the St. Petersburg TV channel reports.
This became possible thanks to new equipment. A state-of-the-art mammography machine allows you to view the mammary glands in detail. In addition, the device creates sighting images and makes tomosynthesis.
The innovative mammography unit has a built-in biopsy attachment. The presence of a tumor is indicated by microcalcifications, which are detected with the help of new equipment.
The specialists of the center note that during the diagnosis it is possible to see a neoplasm in the tissues two years earlier than the patient begins to feel them or the doctor diagnoses them.
Scientists have named a non-obvious cause of breast cancer in the wound. According to the researchers, high blood cholesterol levels pose a risk of cancer.
