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Beyond Mammograms: Is MRI Necessary Screening Tool?(for breast cancer)
2002 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recently, a small study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggested that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) might be beneficial in diagnosing breast cancer. This news leaves many women wondering if they should push for this test over the standard mammogram.
The good news, according to the Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource, is that most women will be well-served by mammography and don't need an MRI - the costly test isn't always covered by health insurance. The other good news is that women at high risk of breast cancer - either due to family history or the presence of genetic mutations - may truly benefit from this high-tech test.
The study compared ...
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- Magazine article from: Women's Health Advisor June 1, 2007 700+ words
...with recently diagnosed breast cancer should undergo MRI screening in the opposite...diagnostic test to check for breast cancer. An MRI is not necessary for women...has a known diagnosis of breast cancer, because the MRI may reveal additional...
- Susan G. Komen for the Cure Offers Perspective on Use of MRI Screening in Women...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 28, 2007 700+ words
...resonance imaging (MRI) for earlier detection of breast cancer is supported by...lifetime risk for breast cancer receive yearly screening MRI in addition to mammography...detect early stage breast cancer. ACS Recommendations on MRI Use For women with...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 13, 2002 700+ words
...studies the use of MRI in patients with breast cancer. "And the cost is...whose organization Breast Cancer Action in San Francisco...getting calls about MRI from worried women...Ameriscam." A breast cancer survivor, Brenner...
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- Magazine article from: The American Surgeon Dang, Catherine M; Zaghiyan, Karen; Karlan, Scott R; Phillips, Edward H October 1, 2009 700+ words
The use of MRI in preoperative staging of breast cancer has escalated recently. Breast MRI has greater sensitivity than mammography...year interval. Therefore, although MRI use in breast cancer staging and surveillance has increased...
- MRI in breast cancer screening, diagnostics up.(magnetic resonance...
- Newspaper article from: Healthcare Imaging Update April 1, 2008 700+ words
MRI in breast cancer screening, diagnostics up Data underscore MRI value, but there are limitations The value...she says. Lovett agrees that the role of MRI in screening for breast cancer should be limited to women at high risk for...
- Aurora Breast MRI Utilized for Screening Patients at High Risk for Breast...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 2, 2007 700+ words
...the treatment of breast cancer. "The Aurora Breast MRI System has had...new guidelines, MRI is one of the...technologies for breast cancer screening...high risk for breast cancer should have an annual breast MRI for screening...
- MRI Breast Cancer Screening for Those at High Risk.
- Newspaper article from: Clinical Oncology Alert October 1, 2004 700+ words
MRI Breast Cancer Screening for Those at High Risk...whether the enhanced sensitivity of MRI will translate into a reduction in breast cancer-mortality. This would require...controlled trial of mammography vs MRI screening with mortality as a...
- MRI versus Ultrasonography and Mammography for Preoperative Assessment of...
- Magazine article from: The American Surgeon Wasif, Nabil; Garreau, Jennifer; Terando, Alicia; Kirsch, Daniel; Mund, Debra F; Giuliano, Armando E October 1, 2009 700+ words
...preoperative estimation of breast cancer size; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more recent...mammography, and MRI for preoperative imaging of primary breast cancer presenting as a...ultrasonography, and MRI in accuracy of measurement...of the size of a breast ...