Utilização da tomossíntese mamária no diagnóstico do câncer de mama: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Breast cancer is currently the second type of cancer that affects women in Brazil, not higher than skin cancer nonmelanoma only. Prevention and early detection strategies are directly associated with higher cure rates. The main method used to do the diagnostic is mammography, however some limitations of this method led to the need for development of new technologies. Among them, the digital breast tomosynthesis. It is a three-dimensional image acquisition technique performed by multiple angles in a breast compression, it is mainly indicated for the evaluation of dense breasts. Because this method is recent, digital breast tomosynthesis has been the subject of several studies in order to integrate this technique to clinical practice. PURPOSE: Check the use of digital breast tomosynthesis as early diagnostic method for breast cancer. METHODS: It was used in this research an integrative literature review type, through scientific papers sought to identify the benefits and limitations of breast tomosynthesis and recognize this method as a likely exam of breast cancer screening. The research was conducted in Scielo databases, PubMed, Lilacs and Periódicos Capes. It was used the following keywords: câncer de mama/breast cancer, digital breast tomosynthesis, mamografia/mammography, rastreamento/screening. OUTCOMES: It was found 77 articles with the descriptors, after being excluded for not belong to the past ten years and because it was not available for free, was used 10 articles in this research. CONCLUSION: Based on the articles used in this study, it is concluded that tomosynthesis may prove to be a useful tool in the diagnosis of breast cancer especially in women with dense breasts.