MRI Evaluation of the Contralateral Breast in Women with Recently Diagnosed Breast Cancer

D. Lehman, Constance; Gatsonis, Constantine; Kühl, Christiane; Edward Hendrick, R.; D. Pisano, Etta; Hanna, Lucy; Peacock, Sue; F. Smazal, Stanley; D. Maki, Daniel; B. Julian, Thomas; R. DePeri, Elizabeth; A. Bluemke, David; D. Schnall, Mitchell

doi:10.1056/nejmoa065447

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MRI Evaluation of the Contralateral Breast in Women with Recently Diagnosed Breast Cancer

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 28, 2007

Authors:

Constance D. Lehman

Constantine Gatsonis

Christiane Kühl

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Even after careful clinical and mammographic evaluation, cancer is found in the contralateral breast in up to 10% of women who have received treatment for unilateral breast cancer. We conducted a study to determine whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could improve on clinical breast...

Subject

Medicine

Breast cancer

Mammography

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