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Morley, Elliot (1)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she has any plans to extend the use of ultrasound scans to detect breast cancer; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she has any plans to extend the use of ultrasound scans to detect breast cancer; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
24 October 2006
For answer on
26 October 2006
Answered on
8 November 2006
There is some evidence of the benefit of ultrasound in the primary screening of younger women at increased risk of breast cancer. However, ultrasound does produce high false positive rates and while ultrasound is accepted as a very effective technique for further assessment of abnormalities detected by mammogram there are no plans to extend the use of ultrasound scans to detect breast cancer.In their ‘Improving outcomes in breast cancer guidance’, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has recommended that a combination of clinical examination, mammography/ultrasound and image-guided core biopsy or fine needle aspiration, known together as the triple assessment, should be available for women with suspected breast cancer at a single visit. Both mammography and ultrasound imaging should be available.
Subjects
Breast cancer; Screening
Date
8 November 2006
Reference
451 c1799-800W;451 c1801-2W; 97846
House
House of Commons