Assessment of Suspected Breast Cancer by MRI: A Prospective Clinical Trial Using a Combined Kinetic and Morphologic Analysis

Abstract

When added to the standard evaluation of clinical examination, mammography, and sonography in patients thought to have early-stage breast cancer, contrast-enhanced MRI using both a kinetic and morphologic analysis will often result in changes in recommended patient management and better treatment planning and will result in no significant increase in biopsies of benign lesions. In addition, there is a significant detection rate of occult contralateral breast cancers.