Nowadays, the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (or MRI) is not common with initial breast cancer screening but a carefully performed mammogram is much more convenient and economical and is usually adequate to inform initial decisions as to whether a biopsy is warranted. But by a new study, MRI is too preferred against mammography because of fear of unnecessary radiation and clear-cut diagnosis in a suspected patient. Mammograms often reveal the pretense of potentially pre-cancerous microcalcifications, but even with magnetic resonance imaging, it is unlikely that a radiologist will be able to distinguish malignant from benign microcalcifications.
(The presence of microcalcifications alone might be a benign finding or might indicate a high-risk or early DCIS scenario). However, if a mass or suspicious lesion of a significant size is evident, then breast MRI becomes a very sensitive and…
