乳癌的診斷及治療
做完乳房造影後,等待結果之際,等到的卻是被告知要重照!
不禁令人會擔心,是不是發現了什麼病變所以重照?
其實重照並非一定是發現病變,有可能是基於各種原因,令出來的X光片模糊或是其他問題而導致無法判斷是否有病變。所以,被召回重照的時候,先不必太擔心。
另外,有不少研究發現3D乳房造影比2D的重照率低約40%1-2,入侵性癌症測出率更高出20-65%1。如果希望檢查準確,無後顧之憂,不妨考慮3D乳房造影。
參考資料:
- Freidewald SM, Rafferty EA, Rose SL, Durand MA, Plecha DM, Greenberg JS, Hayes MK, Copit DS, Carlson KL, Cink TM, Carke LD, Greer LN, Miller DP, Conant EF, Breast Cancer Screening Using Tomosynthesis in Combination with Digital Mammography, JAMA June 25, 2014.
- Bernardi D, Macaskill P, Pellegrini M, et al. Breast cancer screening with tomosynthesis (3D mammography) with acquired or synthetic 2D mammography compared with 2D mammography alone (STORM-2): a population-based prospective study. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Aug;17(8):1105-13.