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Since the main concerns by physicians and patients wondering about when to start and stop, how many and how often to order mammograms, the amount of radiation ultimately affected by those decisions and discomfort and cost, can you use ultrasound to address the concerns. There has not been a study to date that shows that ultrasound can cause harm, it is done without radiation. It is mostly painless (women who have so much pain they can't be touched, still find it a bit uncomfortable, but for most, painless although the gel can be a bit chilly!) and perhaps the cost factor could be addressed. It's not ever been proven sensitive enough to really completely replace mammography. But several studies have shown that if a woman has a specific symptom: a pain, a lump a new change in her exam, the ultrasound test can in fact make a very accurate diagnosis. In fact in young women with dense breasts that are hard to interpret on mammogram, the ultrasound test may even be better in some c...