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National breast cancer foundation comments on MRI diagnostics.
2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) presented three studies on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showing that MRI may have significant implications for women at high risk for breast cancer. The findings indicate that MRI is a more sensitive screening tool than mammography, but results also suggest a lower rate of specificity among women screened with MRI.
"These studies are good news for women who fall into the 'high risk' category-women who have the BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 gene mutation or who have a strong history of breast cancer in their families," said Rebecca Garcia, Ph.D., vice president of Health Sciences for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
In the case of younger at-risk women, MRI could become a method for breast cancer screening because mammography is limited in its ability to detect abnormalities in the generally ...
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