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Breast cancer size estimation with MRI in BRCA mutation carriers and other high risk patients.
European journal of radiology - 1 Sept 2013
Mann R M, Bult P, van Laarhoven H W M, Span P N, Schlooz M, Veltman J, Hoogerbrugge N
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of breast MRI in size assessment of breast cancers in high risk patients, including those with a BRCA 1 or 2 mutation. Guidelines recommend invariably breast MRI screening for these patients and therapy is thus based on these findings. However, the accuracy of breast MRI for staging purposes is only tested in sporadic cancers. METHODS: We assessed concordance of radiologic staging...
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