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Effectiveness of alternating mammography and magnetic resonance imaging for screening women with deleterious BRCA mutations at high risk of breast cancer.
Cancer - 1 Sept 2011
Le-Petross Huong T, Whitman Gary J, Atchley Deanne P, Yuan Ying, Gutierrez-Barrera Angelica, Hortobagyi Gabriel N, Litton Jennifer K, Arun Banu K
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BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been used to supplement screening mammography and clinical breast examination (CBE) in women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer. In this study, the authors investigated the efficacy of alternating screening mammography and breast MRI every 6 months in women who had a genetically high risk of developing breast cancer. METHODS: A retrospective chart...
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