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Breast Cancer Screening
Magnetic resonance imaging is useful in detecting occult cancer after negative mammograms
January 26th, 2006
Breast magnetic resonance imaging is useful in detecting occult breast cancer after negative mammograms. According to scientists in the United States, "Although carcinoma presenting as axillary metastases is assumed to be due to breast cancer, identification of the primary lesion may prove problematic. We investigated the ability of breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify the primary tumor, thereby confirming the diagnosis and broadening treatment options. From 1995 to 2001, 69 patients at our institution presented with occult primary breast cancer." "All patients had negative breast examinations and mammograms and underwent breast MRI,"...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-26)
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