Baseline Screening MRI Uptake and Findings in Women with ≥ 20% Lifetime Risk of Breast Cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: In the setting of an HRBC, 70% of women with a ≥ 20% lifetime risk of breast cancer pursued screening MRI when recommended. On baseline screen, the rate of MRI-detected breast cancer was low (1%); however, malignancies were mammographically occult and identified at an early stage. Despite a low cancer rate, nearly one in four women required additional diagnostic investigation. Prescreening counselling should include a discussion of this possibility, and longer-term follow-up of screening MRI is needed in this high-risk population.
PMID: 32683633 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Ann Oncol - July 17, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Laws A, Mulvey TM, Jalbert N, Dalton S, Kantor O, Harris KA, Krag KJ, Walsh EP, Coopey SB Tags: Ann Surg Oncol Source Type: research