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Contrast-Enhanced MRI of the Breast after Limited Surgery and Radiation Therapy

DOI

142

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0

References

1993

Year

Sylvia H. Heywang‐Köbrunner, Andrea Schlegel, Rainer Beck, Thomas Wendt, Wolfgang Kellner, Birgit Lommatzsch, Michael Untch, W. Nathrath
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Abstract

Accordingly, contrast-enhanced MR is not recommended during the first 9 months after therapy. Nine to 18 months after therapy, it may be helpful in those two-thirds of cases where the scar does not enhance. If enhancement takes place (one-third of cases), it may represent either scar or tumor, and in such circumstances, enhanced MR is of no value. After 18 months, enhanced MRI has proven a valuable additional tool. By correctly detecting or excluding recurrent tumor, it can significantly improve diagnostic accuracy.