Researchers Recommend MRI for Supplemental Breast Cancer Screening

Researchers have shown that MRI screening can improve the early diagnosis of breast cancer for all women, not only those at high risk, and is a useful supplemental screening tool.

The study showed that women at average risk, and those with dense breast tissue, could benefit more from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as a supplemental screening tool than ultrasound.

The study was carried out by researchers at the University of Aachen and published online in the February 2017 issue of the journal Radiology.

Current guidelines limit MRI screening partly because of higher costs, however with the continued high levels of mortality in women from breast cancer improved screening methods are still necessary. More...