Breast Cancer

MRI can detect breast disease missed by mammography

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 14th, 2006

Researchers have found that mammography coupled with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is extremely sensitive in the detection of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

DCIS, or early stage breast carcinoma, is a pre-invasive malignancy and MRI may help identify this type of disease, which may not be visible on a mammogram.

The small study, published in The Breast Journal, examined the medical records of women diagnosed with DCIS, aged 34 to 79 years, who underwent MRI and mammographic examinations during a period of approximately 2 years.

The results revealed 39 sites of pure DCIS in 33 breasts of 32 women. In each of these...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-03-14)

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