Cost-Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Staging Modalities: Point—Contrast-Enhanced
Mammography as an Alternative to Breast MRI for Preoperative Staging in Patients With Breast …

In women with newly diagnosed breast cancer, preoperative staging is required to assess
disease extent, enabling us to decide on the most optimal treatment strategy. For …

Purpose Breast cancer diagnosis often involves assessing the locoregional spread of the
disease through MRI, as multicentricity, multifocality and/or bilaterality are increasingly …

Background Correct preoperative estimation of the malignant extent is crucial for optimal
planning of breast cancer surgery. The sensitivity of mammography is lower in dense …

METHODS: We searched for published literature in the English language in MEDLINE via
PubMed and EMBASETM via Ovid, The Cochrane Library, and Trip database. For literature …

Background Contrast enhanced mammography (CEM) and magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) are more accurate than conventional imaging (CI) for breast cancer staging. How …

Background Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) is more available than MRI for breast
cancer staging but may not be as sensitive in assessing disease extent. We compared CEM …

Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer may have lesions undetected by conventional
imaging. Recently contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance mammography (CE‐MRM) …

Background: Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) and contrast-enhanced magnetic
resonance imaging (CE-MRI) are commonly used in the screening of breast cancer. The …

We read with interest the commentaries recently published in AJR as a Point/Counterpoint
on the cost-effectiveness of imaging modalities for breast cancer staging (1, 2). Contrast …