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There were notable advances last year in diagnosing and treating breast cancer due in part to the widespread adoption of effective diagnostic tools such as digital mammography, ultrasound, breast MR and PET/CT. Innovation in technology, however, also stirred up controversy in 2007, in particular over the efficacy of computer-aided detection (CAD) as a second read for digital mammography.