Department of Anatomy, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

²Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Kagawa University Graduate SchoolofMedicine, Kagawa, Japan

Corresponding Author: Loreto B. Feril, Department of Anatomy, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Received Date: 10 Feb 2016   
Accepted Date: 16 Feb 2016  
Published Date: 24 Feb 2016

Copyright © 2016 Feril LB

Citation: Feril LB. (2016). Can Ultrasound Elastography Substitute Tissue Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Malignancy? Mathews J Cancer Sci. 1(1): 004.

 

ABSTRACT

Ultrasonography, or imaging by ultrasound, is one of the most commonly utilized diagnostic procedures today. This is despite the introduction of many other alternative diagnostic methods. The reasons include ultrasound being non-ionizing (unlike X-rays and CT scans), non-invasive (unlike tissue biopsies), less expensive and more commonly available (unlike MRI and genetic tests). In addition, new ultrasound technologies have also made ultrasonography more reliable and agile, thus offering additional diagnostic capabilities. One of these new technologies is the so-called "ultrasound elastography".