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MRI, Ultrasound Spot Ca in Those at High Risk.
CHICAGO -- Women who are at high risk for developing breast cancer can benefit from undergoing regular magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound of their breasts in addition to mammography.
At the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Dr. Rene Shumak, head of breast imaging at Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre in Toronto and radiologist in chief for the Ontario Breast Screening Program, outlined her study of 196 women who were considered at very high risk for developing breast cancer.
Ninety-six women were carriers of a BRCA gene mutation, 83 had a strong family history of breast cancer, and 17 had a first-degree relative with a BRCA gene mutation.
The women were screened with four modalities: clinical breast examination, conventional mammography, high resolution ultrasound, and MRI.
All of a patient's tests were performed on the same day For premenopausal women this was during the second week of the menstrual cycle when possible.
A total of nine cancers were found in the group. Two of the cancers were detected during a clinical breast exam, four were detected by mammography five were detected by ultrasound, and. ...
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