MRI detects missed breast cancers

From Chicago, at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Women who carry a genetic mutation predisposing them to breast cancer should rely on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instead of mammography for their regular screenings, a new study suggests. But for women who don’t harbor a mutation in either the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, the normal forms of which suppress cancer, the high cost of MRI may not be justified, says Christiane K.