title: Preoperative MR imaging in patients with breast cancer: preoperative staging, effects on recurrence rates, and outcome analysis.
abstract: As well documented for other diseases (ie, lymphoma), an accurate pretherapeutic assessment of the extent of breast cancer is essential for planning the appropriate treatment to get the best long-term results, decrease recurrence rates, and increase patient survival. This article presents an overview of the effects of preoperative local staging with MR imaging in breast cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Women's Health Care Center, Diagnostisches Brustzentrum Göttingen, Bahnhofsallee 1d 37081, Göttingen, Germany. uwe.fischer-weende@t-online.de
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Friedemann
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luftner-Nagel
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D053783:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011300:Preoperative Care