April 27, 2026
Breast Cancer Screening Tool Avoids Radiation, Compression, Contrast—Forbes Feature
Why the Gold Standard Mammogram Isn’t Good Enough
Mammography remains the only imaging modality with FDA approval for breast cancer screening. And yet, “mammography still misses cancers today,” says Dinu. A false negative on a mammogram is read as normal despite cancer being present. One major contributor to false negatives is breast density—about 40% of women have dense breast tissue, a limitation that 3D ultrasound directly targets. Dense tissue appears white on a mammogram, the same color as cancer, making tumors difficult to spot. This limitation helps explain why cancers can be harder to detect in dense breast tissue, which is also an independent risk factor for the disease.