A study on color Doppler sonography combined with digital mammography for micro breast cancer screening

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of color Doppler sonography combined with digital mammography for micro breast cancer screening.Methods Both of color Doppler sonography and digital mammography were performed in 66 patients with micro breast cancer less than 1.5 cm in diameter and 20 patients with benign lesion less than 1.5 cm in diameter.The images of sonography and mammography were analyzed respectively.A comparative study on the results of sonography,mammography and pathological finding of specimen in breast lesions was made.Results Fifty-five of 66 Cases with micro breast cancer were detected by digital mammography.52 of 66 cases by color Doppler sonography and 65 of 66 cases by sonography combined with mammography.The color Doppler sonography combined with digital mammography provided higher sensitivity,specificity and accuracy[98.5%(65/66),100.0%(20/20)and 98.8%(85/86)respectively]than color Doppler sonography[78.8%(52/66),75.0%(15/20),77.9% (67/86)respectively]and digital mammography alone[83.3%(55/66),90.0%(18/20)and 84.9%(73/86)respectively](P＜0.05).The peak flow velocities and the mean resistant index were higher in malignant lesion than those in benign lesion(P＜0.05).Conclusions The color Doppler sonography combined with digital mammography can increase the sensitivity and accuracy of diagnosing micro breast cancer.Digital mammography is recommended to identify micro breast cancer.It is helpful of color Doppler sonography in differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesion. Key words: Breast neoplasms; Mammography; Ultrasonography,Doppler,color; Diagnosis