Increased Use of MRI for Breast Cancer Surveillance and Staging Is Not Associated with Increased Rate of Mastectomy

The use of MRI in preoperative staging of breast cancer has escalated recently. Breast MRI has greater sensitivity than mammography, ultrasound, and clinical examination in cancer detection. Because of its variable specificity, however, there has been concern that increased MRI use will result in in...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American surgeon 2009-10, Vol.75 (10), p.937-940
Hauptverfasser: DANG, Catherine M, ZAGHIYAN, Karen, KARLAN, Scott R, PHILLIPS, Edward H
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