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Breast Cancer
MRI more sensitive than mammogram in detecting disease in younger at-risk women
June 16th, 2005
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is almost twice as sensitive as X-ray mammography (XRM) in detecting breast cancer in women at high genetic risk for the disease, study results indicate. The findings are the result of a national U.K. study (MARIBS) funded by the Medical Research Council, led by Martin Leach of The Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, and published online May 16, 2005, in The Lancet. Past research indicates around 2% of breast cancer is due to the breast cancer gene mutations BRCA1 and BRCA2. Women with one of these gene mutations come from families where there is a strong family risk of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-16)
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