Breast cancer imaging with MRI Journal Article
| Author: | Morris, E. A. |
| Article Title: | Breast cancer imaging with MRI |
| Abstract: | Breast MRI is an emerging technology that may revolutionize our management of women with known or suspected breast cancer. MRI examinations should be interpreted with an awareness of the pitfalls and artifacts that can affect on image evaluation. Development of an MRI lexicon will assist by providing standardized terminology that may improve our understanding of the positive predictive value of different MRI features. To date, breast MRI has proven most useful in patients with proven breast cancer to assess for multifocal/multicentric disease, chest wall involvement, chemotherapy response, or tumor recurrence or to identify the primary site in patients with occult breast cancer. Further work is necessary to assess the utility of breast MRI in other settings, such as screening of women at high risk for breast cancer. |
| Keywords: | review; patient selection; cancer staging; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; cancer diagnosis; neoplasm staging; sensitivity and specificity; breast cancer; cancer screening; diagnostic imaging; breast neoplasms; brca1 protein; algorithms; image quality; tumor recurrence; predictive value of tests; clinical protocols; contrast media; artifact; high risk population; image reconstruction; occult cancer; terminology; humans; female; priority journal |
| Journal Title: | Radiologic Clinics of North America |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 0033-8389 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2002-05-01 |
| Start Page: | 443 |
| End Page: | 466 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0033-8389(01)00005-7 |
| PUBMED: | 12117186 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 14 November 2014 -- Source: Scopus |
