MR mammography excels as presurgical planning tool in dense breasts

May 8, 2008 MR mammography excels as presurgical planning tool in dense breasts James Brice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An Italian study involving 238 women has confirmed the value of MR mammography as a presurgical planning tool for appreciating the full extent of cancer in dense breasts. Dr. Federica Pediconi, a researcher in the department of radiological sciences at the University of Rome La Sapienza, and colleagues found MR mammography superior to diagnostic mammography and ultrasound for detecting malignant lesions in women with suspected disease from screening mammography or ultrasound. They reported their results in a poster presented at the 2008 ISMRM meeting.

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