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the word means "breast photo", it finds irregularities like tumors and cysts.
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Geiger counter.
What benefits are there to repeated trials on experiments?
help you detect mistakes or measurement errors OR eliminate the need for data analysis
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They held courts where neighbours confessed and accused their neighbours and family members of taking part in witchcraft.
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You need a special measuring device, generally known as a Gaseometer, used to detect and quantify fumes.
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Mayan writing was written with its own language, a dead language which makes it hard to detect.
At what stage of the disease can a mammogram detect breast cancer?
It has been estimated that a mammogram may find a cancer as much as two years before it can be felt.
What is the cost of a mammogram?
A mammogram is an x-ray that will detect issues with the breasts. The cost of a mammogram ranges between 80 and 150 dollars depending on where you live.
What diagnostic test that can detect breast mass as small as 1cm or less?
Most commonly a mammogram is used in the initial diagnosis stage of breast cancer. However typically a biopsy is required to confirm or rule out breast cancer.
Is having a mammogram an example of secondary prevention?
Yes, mammography is an example of secondary prevention. It does not lower the risk of disease, but seeks to detect early disease.
How do you have a mammogram?
First you have to get a doctor's order for mammogram.This procedure is done a week before or after menstruation.The breast tissue is compressed by the machine to detect lumps.This procedure is not painful.
What is the ICD-9 for a mammogram?
V76.12 Other screening mammogram or793.80 Abnormal mammogram,unspecifiedorV76.11 Screening mammogram for high-risk patient
What does mammogram NEC mean?
Mammogram not elsewhere classified
Why can't a mammogram and an ultrasound detect a lump in your breast?
Mammograms and ultrasounds only detect cancerous lumps.. or lumps that have cancer. Mammograms and Ultrasounds can detect benign lumps/masses in the breast, Mammograms are unable to distinguish the difference if something is solid or cystic, so an ultrasound is used in conjunction with a mammogram.
What's better for a breast checkup an ultra sound or a mammogram?
A mammogram.
What are the symptoms after a mammogram?
Most women have no symptoms after a mammogram. Women who find the compression uncomfortable may have some fleeting and minor breast tenderness after a mammogram.
Why would a script for a mammogram say malignant neoplasia other?
A script for a mammogram may say "malignant neoplasia, other" because that is the purpose of the mammogram. The mammogram is a screening test to look for cancer ("malignant neoplasia") of the breast.
A mammogram is the best way for men to detect testicular cancer?
That is not correct. A mammogram is an x-ray of the mammaries (breasts) and is used to detect abnormal growths in the breast that may be a sign of Breast cancer. Checking for cancer of the testicles is done by physical inspection with your fingers for lumps, bumps and changes in the size, shape or consistency of the testicles. If anything not normal is noticed, you should see a urologist or your family doctor.
