Tuesday 10 April 2012

Detection of breast cancer

Detection of breast cancer with addition of annual screening ultrasound or a single screening MRI to mammography in women with elevated breast cancer risk. JAMA, April 2012, Vol. 307(13), p.1394-1404.

Berg, W.A., et al.


The addition of screening ultrasound or MRI to mammography in women at increased risk of breast cancer resulted in not only a higher cancer detection yield but also an increase in false-positive findings.