Leading-Edge Treatment Clinical Trials Screening and Education Special Care for Special Cases Support Servicves Staff Breast Care Center Home University Hospital has an ongoing commitment to provide the most current technologies and equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. Consequently, physicians at the Breast Care Center have access to a number of leading-edge diagnostic tools. With regular screening, lesions can frequently be found up to two years before they can be felt by clinical examination.
Breast ultrasound is a painless, non-invasive method for evaluating breast abnormalities.
With this diagnostic tool, the radiologist can distinguish between suspicious lesions requiring further evaluation and those that are almost certainly benign. This procedure is called a biopsy. Fortunately, about 80 percent of breast lesions that are biopsied are benign. The cells are then examined under a microscope. The procedure often makes it possible to make a diagnosis in a matter of minutes.