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Evaluation of expert criteria for preoperative magnetic resonance imaging of newly diagnosed breast cancer.
Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Aug 2014
Behrendt Carolyn E, Tumyan Lusine, Gonser Laura, Shaw Sara L, Vora Lalit, Paz I Benjamin, Ellenhorn Joshua D I, Yim John H
Abstract excerpt
Despite 2 randomized trials reporting no reduction in operations or local recurrence at 1 year, preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used in diagnostic workup of breast cancer. We evaluated 5 utilization criteria recently proposed by experts. Of women (n = 340) newly diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer who underwent bilateral MRI, most (69.4%) met at least 1 criterion before MRI:...
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