Breast MRI in nonpalpable breast lesions: a randomized trial with diagnostic and therapeutic outcome - MONET - study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years there has been an increasing interest in MRI as a non-invasive diagnostic modality for the work-up of suspicious breast lesions. The additional value of Breast MRI lies mainly in its capacity to detect multicentric and multifocal disease, to detect invasive components in ductal carcinoma in situ lesions and to depict the tumor in a 3-dimensional image. Breast MRI therefore has the potential to improve the diagnosis and provide better preoperative staging and possibly surgical care in patients with breast cancer. The aim of our study is to assess whether performing contrast enhanced Breast MRI can reduce the number of surgical procedures due to better preoperative staging and whether a subgroup of women with suspicious nonpalpable breast lesions can be ide

SUBMITTER: Peters NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2222222 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature