MRI Effective in Spotting Breast Tumors
For a small number of women with a genetic predisposition to developing breast cancer, regular screening with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be better than mammography at detecting tumors early, HealthDay reports.
Breast MRIs conducted annually were nearly 80 percent effective in picking up invasive cancers in these high-risk women, compared to the 33 percent effectiveness rating of annual mammographies, Dutch researchers reported in the July 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.