Background: Women at a high risk of breast cancer often develop the disease at an early
age. In young women, mammography has poor sensitivity because their breast tissue is …

MRI remains strongly superior to mammography over the long term in screening women
who are at increased risk of developing breast cancer, according to one study. The …

We begin a new year for the Journal with the challenging question of whether we should
screen some women at high risk (on the basis of known or suspected high risk genetic …

The sensitivity of MRI was Effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening for
women at high risk of breast cancer iv reported in five of the 10 included studies.[...] The …

In this thesis we address various indications of breast MRI, with the emphasis on the value of
MRI in screening of women with high genetic risk for breast cancer, and especially in …

Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CE MRI) is the most sensitive tool for
screening women who are at high familial risk of breast cancer. Our aim in this study was to …

Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women. In the screening of women for
breast cancer, mammography is the most used imaging modality. Women with an increased …

The availability of MRI as a supplementary examination to mammography offers a clear
clinical benefit to some women at high risk for breast cancer. 1–5 In a meta-analysis of 11 …

Background Women genetically predisposed to breast cancer often develop the disease at a
young age when dense breast tissue reduces the sensitivity of X-ray mammography. Our …

Background Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most sensitive imaging
method for breast cancer detection and is therefore offered as a screening technique to …