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Contributions of Ultrasonography to Early Cancer Diagnosis

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Ultrasonography (US) has some advantages compared with other imaging procedures: It is generally available, noninvasive, repeatable, and of relative low expense. US therefore can influence the early detection of cancer through the screening of asymptomatic patients, by more rapid clarification of ambiguous clinical symptoms, and by follow-up of curatively treated tumor patients. For staging and treatment planning, CT and MRI are superior.

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van Kaick, G. (1992). Contributions of Ultrasonography to Early Cancer Diagnosis. In: Bannasch, P. (eds) Cancer Diagnosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76899-6_12

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