Breast Cancer

MR is better than mammography for detecting additional disease in patients

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 21st, 2004

According to a clinical trial from Italy, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is significantly better than mammography in detecting additional breast cancers in women who have already been diagnosed with the disease.

This is an important finding that could ultimately affect the treatment of a significant fraction of new breast cancer patients, the researchers say.

The study (The Italian Trial for Breast MR in Multifocal/Multicentric Cancer, promoted by The Italian Society of Medical Radiology) included 90 women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Some of the women had cancer detected in both breasts. Each of the women had a mammogram and an MR...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-10-21)

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