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My mammogram came back normal. It was fortunate that Dr. Knapp had also ordered the ultrasound. Dr. Mona Darwish, the attending physician, who has an extensive background in breast cancer work, and her trained eye picked up a tumor that had not been detected with the mammogram. I later learned that it is quite common to get a clean mammogram but discover a tumor on the ultrasound. This is especially true for young women whose denser breast tissue makes it harder to detect abnormalities. It is recommended that younger women and those with a high risk for breast cancer have ultrasounds. Of course, I see the wisdom of that now.