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Letter: Sonic biopsies

Published 25 August 2001

From Jack Bresler

Using ultrasound to measure the elasticity of tumours could be an alternative
not just to breast biopsies
(4 August, p 20).

There are other biopsy procedures—such as on the prostate
gland—that are no less traumatic, and sometimes more so.

Tel Aviv, Israel

Issue no. 2305 published 25 August 2001

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