Study: Test Supplements Mammogram

Using ultrasound along with a mammogram finds more breast cancers, a study has shown. About 2,800 high-risk women were in the study. The two tests found cancer in 12 out of 1,000 women. A mammogram alone found cancer in 8 out of 1,000. But the tests also found suspicious areas that turned out not to be cancer. The two tests combined found many more false alarms than mammograms alone. The American Cancer Society says high-risk women should get a mammogram and magnetic resonance imaging. Study authors said that an ultrasound is easier for most women to get. USA Today wrote about the study May 14. It is in the Journal of the American Medical Association.