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A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier – MIT Media Lab (www.media.mit.edu)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's still an increased level of surveillance that is going against current recommendations. Unnecessary mammograms still result in unnecessary biopsies. You could use it for increased monitoring to detect growth I guess, but I doubt ultrasound is capable of that sort of resolution.