Dear Women's Imaging Insider,
Using preoperative MRI exams for women with newly diagnosed breast cancer remains controversial. Although MRI has been shown to define the extent of disease better than mammography or ultrasound, use of the modality isn't consistent across breast imaging facilities.
However, according to new data gathered by researchers at Yale University, using preoperative MRI in specific groups of women -- such as those between the ages of 39 and 49 and those with dense breast tissue -- can help surgeons remove cancer more completely, and reduce the number of women who have to go back for a second surgery. Click here for the full story.
Once you've read our Insider Exclusive, take a look at what else is going on in the Women's Imaging Digital Community:
- Check out new research on lobular carcinoma in situ indicating that these relatively rare lesions should be excised when found.
- Read about how breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) stacks up against MRI as an adjunct to conventional mammography.
- Discover whether more Medicare patients are getting breast cancer screening exams.
- Find out what techniques radiation oncologists at an Alabama cancer center have developed for treating obese patients with cervical cancer.
- Read what Dr. Marcia Javitt, section editor for women's imaging at the American Journal of Roentgenology and adjunct professor of radiology at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, has to say about what women bring to the practice of radiology.
- Learn what Boston researchers have to say about the importance of matching breast and detector size when imaging.
As always, if you have a comment, report, or article idea to share about any aspect of women's imaging, I invite you to contact me.
