For the use of ultrasound by surgeons

J. Michael Dixon, E. Jane Macaskill
2007 Breast Cancer Online  
There is an increasing demand upon radiology departments for use of ultrasound as part of triple assessment of symptomatic breast disease. It has been shown that in the context of proper training both surgeons and radiologists achieve comparably high diagnostic sensitivity and specificity with ultrasound. This article outlines the arguments in favour of the use of ultrasound by surgeons in the breast clinic for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
doi:10.1017/s1470903107003501 fatcat:wib5khsu2bakrhaoaca3gycixu