Studies prove that mammography saves lives. The screening tool can detect breast cancer early when it’s still curable. But for the thousands of women with dense breast tissue, mammography is not enough. These women may need additional screening tests such as MRI‘s. Now, researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed new technology that can spot breast tumors in dense tissue at a fraction of the cost of MRI’s.
Research proves that screening for breast cancer with mammograms saves lives. But mammograms are not perfect. They can miss tumors, especially in women with dense breast tissue. That’s why Doctors at Mayo Clinic also use MRI’s to screen for breast cancer in high risk women. The technology can detect some tumors that mammograms cannot.
Before breast cancer surgery, a preoperative magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) scan should be standard to determine tumor staging, researchers told the 6th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC) in Berlin, Germany today.
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