Improving Breast Cancer Diagnostics by Novel Sonographic Techniques
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- Enrollment
- 236
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Improving Breast Cancer Diagnostic by Novel sonographicTechniques Study
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
With the proposed project we seek to advance the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer in an outpatient breast clinic. Novel sonographic approaches will be scrutinized. The first aim of this study will be to explore whether there is an advantage of ductosonography over conventional breast sonography in detecting and localizing breast lesions by comparing the diagnostic accuracy of ductosonography and conventional breast sonography in detecting suspicious and unclear sonographic lesions.In Addition, reliability and time requirement of ductosonographic examination will be investigated. The second specific aim is to investigate the potential of tissue elasticity as a diagnostic marker in solid breast lesions (US-BI-RADS 3, 4 and 5) by elastosonography. The study design allows investigating the reproducibility of the method.
Detailed Description
The Research Project consists of mainly two parts that involve different methodological approaches: For the first part, different breast ultrasound techniques will be employed for the examination of an unselected population in a regular setting of a breast outpatient clinic. The second part includes measuring and characterizing tissue elasticity of breast lesions by elastosonography.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •all women , who agree with the two examinations of the breast: conventional method and ductosonography
Exclusion Criteria
- •a women, who have only the conventional examination of sonography
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Improving Breast Cancer Diagnostic by Novel sonographicTechniques Study
Time Frame: 3 year and 6 months
Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of ductosonography and conventional breast sonography in the detection of breast lesions. Suspicious and unclear sonographic lesions (BI-RADS 3, 4, and 5) are clarified with a breast biopsy and malignancy confirmed by histology.
Secondary Outcomes
- Improving Breast Cancer Diagnostic by Novel sonographicTechniques Study(3 year and 6 months)