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A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier – MIT Media Lab
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this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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That's still an increased level of surveillance that is going against current recommendations. Unnecessary mammograms still result in unnecessary biopsies. You could use it for increased monitoring to detect growth I guess, but I doubt ultrasound is capable of that sort of resolution.