3.15.2008

Mammograms in Stereo

ATLANTA, Ga. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- This year, 200,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Many more will see their doctor for an annual mammogram screening. Now, doctors at Emory University in Atlanta are testing a new diagnostic tool that cuts false positive results by almost half and could give doctors a whole new way to detect abnormalities.

When Dr. Carl D'Orsi puts on these glasses, he sees mammograms in a way they've never been seen before. "It's sort of a 'Wow' factor when you first look at it," says Carl D'Orsi, M.D., a radiologist at the Emory Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta, Ga.

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