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Medicare allowing more biopsy options.(Brief Article)
Women's Health Weekly
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May 09, 2002 |
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2002 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medicare beneficiaries will have more options to having breast cancer diagnosed under expanded coverage announced by the U.S. government.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it will expand the use of image guidance to include the biopsies of some palpable lesions. Doctors have said that just because a lesion can be felt by hand does not mean that it will be easy to biopsy.
With image-guided biopsy, imaging technology such as a stereotactic or ultrasound system guides doctors where to insert the biopsy ...
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