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To synthesize current clinical applications, imaging sequences, and diagnostic performance of breast MRI across screening, preoperative staging, and treatment monitoring.

July 30, 2019RadiologyOpen Access

Breast MRI: State of the Art

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To synthesize current clinical applications, imaging sequences, and diagnostic performance of breast MRI across screening, preoperative staging, and treatment monitoring.
Reviewed diagnostic capabilities of multiparametric sequences including T1-weighted contrast-enhanced, T2-weighted, ultrafast, and diffusion-weighted imaging.
Analyzed clinical utility across tumor size estimation, detection of multifocal disease, abbreviated screening protocols, and neoadjuvant therapy response assessment.
Multiparametric breast MRI demonstrates higher sensitivity for cancer detection than alternative clinical imaging modalities, enabling reliable differentiation between benign and malignant lesions.
Preoperative MRI consistently outperforms conventional imaging for accurate tumor size determination and detection of occult ipsilateral and contralateral disease, though evidence of improved long-term outcomes remains unproven.
Abbreviated MRI protocols provide early cancer detection compared with standard mammography, while tailored response criteria optimize evaluation during neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

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Review reveals superior sensitivity of multiparametric MRI in individuals with breast lesions, highlighting expanding utility in screening, staging, and chemotherapy response.

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Mann et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69de98ee5e582bd3c5e93bee https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2019182947

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Review reveals superior sensitivity of multiparametric MRI in individuals with breast lesions, highlighting expanding utility in screening, staging, and chemotherapy response.

Breast MRI: State of the Art

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