Cancer staging with breast MR imaging.
Breast MR imaging is a useful tool for staging breast cancer patients, and staging is more accurate with MR imaging than with conventional imaging techniques. MR imaging is the preferred imaging test for the accurate staging of breast cancer before surgery and for assessment of patients with positive axillary adenopathy and negative mammogram and physical examination. There are many important questions regarding the role of MR imaging in breast cancer staging that must be addressed by future research and involvement of MR imaging of the breast in clinical trials.
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Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity