Abstract
Objective: To review the methods of screening by tomosynthesis and conventional mammography, as well as their application in the clinical context and management of patients with breast cancer. Bibliographic Review: Breast cancer is the major cause of mortality and comorbidity among women and may also affect men. Therefore, screening is essential for the control and early identification of this disease, consequently, mammography is the main method. However, among women undergoing mammography, there is a consistent proportion that have a higher density breast parenchyma, a factor in which it may prevent the early visualization of breast lesions resulting in a false negative diagnosis by traditional mammography. Therefore, tomosynthesis is a better technology, enabling clarity of the image and a more solid diagnosis at an early stage in these cases, since it is able to reduce the overlap of fibroglandular tissue, allowing an increase in the detection of lesions. Final Considerations: Aiming at improving diagnosis in line with technological development, tomosynthesis is an effective technique for detecting breast neoplasms and can be associated with mammography, enabling more effective screening.