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Breast Cancer Screening
Combined mammography, ultrasound, and MRI increases sensitivity for detecting cancer risk
January 26th, 2006
Combined mammography, breast ultrasound, and MRI increases sensitivity for detecting familial breast cancer risk. Researchers in Germany conducted a study "to compare the effectiveness of mammography, breast ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for surveillance of women at increased familial risk for breast cancer (lifetime risk of 20% or more)." C.K. Kuhl and colleagues wrote, "We conducted a surveillance cohort study of 529 asymptomatic women who, based on their family history and/or mutational analysis, were suspected or proven to carry a breast cancer, susceptibility gene (BRCA). A total of 1,542 annual surveillance rounds were...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-26)
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