Biannual MRI Better Than Annual Mammogram at Detecting Breast Cancer in High-risk Women, Study Finds

For young women with high genetic risk for breast cancer, intensive surveillance and examination by dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) every six months is more effective for timely detection of early breast cancer lesions than annual mammogram, a new study finds.

“This study demonstrates, for the first time, that aggressive breast cancers can be caught early, without excessive recalls or biopsies,” Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, professor of medicine and human genetics and director of the University of Chicago’s Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics, said in a press release. “Because of intensive surveillance and high quality care the majority of high-risk women in this study — most of whom had highly penetrant genetic mutations — have not developed breast cancer.”

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Written by Patricia Inocio, PHD for breastcancer-news.com

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