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Prophylactic breast irradiation reduces background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on MRI: A secondary analysis.
Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Feb 2020
Ben-David Merav A, Corn Benjamin W, Evron Ella, Goldberg Hadassah, Pfeffer Raphael M, Abdah-Bortnyak Roxoliana, Matceyevsky Dianna, Weinstein Yuliana, Golan Orit, Sklair-Levy Miri
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PURPOSE: We recently showed that prophylactic breast irradiation (PBI) reduces the risk of contralateral breast cancer in BRCA mutation carriers undergoing treatment for early breast cancer. It has been suggested that Background Parenchymal Enhancement (BPE) may be a biomarker for increased risk of breast cancer. METHODS: For participants in the trial we reviewed the MRI prior to enrollment and following...
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