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Tumor characteristics and detection method in the MRISC screening program for the early detection of hereditary breast cancer.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 May 2007
Kriege M, Brekelmans C T M, Peterse H, Obdeijn I M, Boetes C, Zonderland H M, Muller S H, Kok T, Manoliu R A, Besnard A P E, Tilanus-Linthorst M M A, Seynaeve C, Bartels C C M, Meijer S, Oosterwijk J C, Hoogerbrugge N, Tollenaar R A E M, de Koning H J, Rutgers E J T, Klijn J G M
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In the MRISC study, women with an inherited risk for breast cancer were screened by a 6-month clinical breast examination (CBE) and yearly MRI and mammography. We found that the MRISC screening scheme could facilitate early breast cancer diagnosis and that MRI was a more sensitive screening method than mammography, but less specific. In the current study we investigated the contribution of MRI in the early...
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