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Breast Cancer
MRI screening of opposite breast necessary for women with recent breast cancer diagnosis
April 10th, 2007
Women with a recent diagnosis of cancer in one breast should have MRI screening of the opposite breast, concludes a multi-center study involving University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers. The international research team found that MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, detected cancer in the opposite breast in 30 of 969 women (3.1 percent) who had recently been diagnosed with cancer in one breast only. The cancers in the opposite breast were missed by previous mammography and clinical exam. The authors recommend MRI screening for women at high risk for breast cancer – those who already have the disease, have been recently diagnosed or have...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2007-04-10)
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