METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING SPECTRAL DATA FOR USE IN ASSESSING RISK OF BREAST CANCER

A method and system enabling a determination of the risk of developing breast cancer of a subject, comprises using a magnetic resonance spectroscopy device to obtain the level of the spectral signal at 3.15 and 3.19 ppm, within the breast tissue of the subject, and comparing the level of the spectral signal obtained in the first step with a reference level of a spectral signal at 3.15 and 3.19 ppm of the breast of a healthy subject, to determine whether the level of the signal obtained in the first step exceeds the reference level of a healthy subject is comparable to that of a subject known to be at elevated risk; or is elevated to the level of persons known to be carrying a gene mutation.