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Usefulness of breast MRI in a patient with genetic risk.
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR - 1 Sept 2002
Cortesi L, Canossi B, De Santis M, Panizza P, Rossi G, Turchetti D, Del Maschio A, Ferrari S, Romagnoli R, Federico M, Silingardi V
Abstract excerpt
We describe an interesting case-report represented by a patient carrying BRCA1 mutation, recruited for the study "Multicenter evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in early diagnosis and prevention of breast cancer in high risk population", diagnosed with breast cancer on the basis of MRI findings but not with conventional mammography and ultrasound (US). She was already affected at 53 years of age by a...
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