title: The use of magnetic resonance mammography in women at increased risk for developing breast cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The use of conventional imaging techniques, namely mammography (MMG) and ultrasound (US), for breast cancer (BC) detection in women at high risk for the disease does not bring optimal results in many cases.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study evaluated the effectiveness of magnetic resonance (MR) mammography (MRM) in cases where US and MMG failed to detect suspected breast lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study group consisted of 379 women who had had no breast pathologies detected by US and MMG. This group was then divided into 4 groups according to the relative risk of breast cancer development. All the women underwent MRM, and any breast pathology detected by MRM was then verified by open surgical biopsy (OSB).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Based on the MRM findings, 37 women with breast pathologies were identified. All detected pathologies were then classified into one of the BIRADS (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System) categories. Of these, 33 patients underwent open surgical biopsy. There were a total of 17 benign and 16 malignant breast pathologies that were not visualized by US and MMG. The types of malignancies found, in order of their frequency, were as follows: invasive ductal carcinoma (11 cases), ductal carcinoma in situ (2 cases), invasive lobular carcinoma (2 cases), and lobular carcinoma in situ (1 case). An analysis of MRM effectiveness in detecting BC showed 93.7% sensitivity and 64.71% specificity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All women with a 20% or greater lifetime risk of developing BC should undergo annual MRM as a diagnostic adjunct to US and MMG.
authors: Chair of Radiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors: Tadeusz J
authors: TJ
authors: Popiela
authors: Wojciech
authors: W
authors: Kibil
authors: Izabela
authors: I
authors: Herman-Sucharska
authors: Andrzej
authors: A
authors: Urbanik
keywords: breast cancer; magnetic resonance mammography; open surgical biopsy
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