title: MR imaging of the breast in the follow-up evaluation of conservative nonoperatively treated breast cancer.
abstract: Because of postradiation changes in the breast, evaluation of the efficacy of conservative local radiation treatment is difficult, and early detection of recurrent disease is often a diagnostic challenge. MR imaging of the breast aids in the follow-up of conservatively treated breast cancers. When recurrent disease is suspected, MR imaging allows for the differentiation between late postradiation changes in the breast and recurrent carcinoma.
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis