Why Breast MRI?
In recent years, Breast MR has established itself as an important part of Breast Cancer screening.
 American Cancer Society Issues Recommendation on MRI for Breast Cancer Screening.
An expert panel convened by the American Cancer Society developed new recommendations for the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women at increased risk for breast cancer, and recommends annual screening using MRI in addition to mammography for women with a 20-25 percent or greater lifetime risk of the disease. Read More...
Get annual breast MRI, experts tell many women...
The American Cancer Society is recommending that women whose close relatives have had breast cancer should be screened annually with an MRI as well as a mammogram — part of new guidelines that could affect as many as 1.4 million women. Read More...
MRI is the most sensitive means of detecting breast cancer with sensitivity to detect cancers of over 95% compared to the current gold standard of breast imaging, x-ray mammography with 80% sensitivity.
We report on two cases where breast magnetic resonance imaging examination changed clinical management. Breast magnetic resonance imaging is now recognised as an indispensable adjunctive examination to mammography and ultrasound. Read More...
X-ray mammography represents the principal tool for breast cancer screening, but has several limitations. Due to the low specificity of X-ray mammography, many more biopsies are performed than are necessary. More than 60% of breast biopsies performed because of suspicious X-ray mammograms yield a diagnosis other than cancer. Read More...
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