Routine Breast MRI as a Screening Modality for Occult Contralateral Breast Cancer: Where Do We Draw the Line?

Routine Breast MRI as a Screening Modality for Occult Contralateral Breast Cancer: Where Do We Draw the Line?
Christine Dauphine, Iraj Khalkhali
The Breast Journal 2010 16;2:115-117

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It is clear that there is some benefit to performing MRI in breast cancer patients, looking for contralateral cancers. But at what cost? The results of the analyses by Bernard et al. suggest that selective use is possible. We hope that further studies are undertaken to include minority patients, larger numbers overall, and to continue looking at predictive factors to help determine where MRI would be the most useful