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Breast MRI Screening: Benefits and Limitations

Breast MRI Screening: Benefits and Limitations Multiple studies have demonstrated screening mammography’s ability to decrease mortality in average risk women. It is also recognized that women at high risk for breast cancer who choose surveillance benefit from additional imaging strategies for cancer detection in addition to mammography alone. Contrast-enhanced breast MRI has become a standard and accepted tool in the screening evaluation of women with a high risk of breast cancer. However, despite recognition of MRI’s ability to detect breast cancer in the screening setting in a high-risk population, there are still questions surrounding the use of breast MRI in the screening environment. This chapter will provide an overview of breast screening MRI indications and current guidelines and will also review the evidence supporting the use of screening breast MRI. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Breast Cancer Reports Springer Journals

Breast MRI Screening: Benefits and Limitations

Current Breast Cancer Reports , Volume 8 (4) – Oct 13, 2016

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 by Springer Science+Business Media New York
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Internal Medicine; Surgical Oncology
ISSN
1943-4588
eISSN
1943-4596
DOI
10.1007/s12609-016-0230-7
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Abstract

Multiple studies have demonstrated screening mammography’s ability to decrease mortality in average risk women. It is also recognized that women at high risk for breast cancer who choose surveillance benefit from additional imaging strategies for cancer detection in addition to mammography alone. Contrast-enhanced breast MRI has become a standard and accepted tool in the screening evaluation of women with a high risk of breast cancer. However, despite recognition of MRI’s ability to detect breast cancer in the screening setting in a high-risk population, there are still questions surrounding the use of breast MRI in the screening environment. This chapter will provide an overview of breast screening MRI indications and current guidelines and will also review the evidence supporting the use of screening breast MRI.

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Current Breast Cancer ReportsSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 13, 2016

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