Breast conservation is now a mature surgical procedure. In 2002, 20-year followup reports of
two pivotal prospective randomized trials were published 1, 2 demonstrating that survival …

Results of large randomized trials have shown that survival rates after breast conserving
surgery are equivalent to those obtained by radical mastectomy. Breast conserving surgery …

Breast cancer mortality in the United States, as well as in other parts of the world, has
decreased in recent years, a finding that is attributable in part to the use of screening …

TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest the editorial by Dr Bleicher,“Breast Magnetic
Resonance Imaging As It Is, in Contrast to How We Wish It To Be.” 1 He supports the …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be more sensitive than mammography for detecting
breast cancer and may have an adjunctive role in assessing patients with early-stage …

BACKGROUND: The accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in identifying residual
disease after breast conservation therapy (BCT) is unclear. METHOD: Review of an …

Hypothesis Women with newly diagnosed breast cancers may harbor additional ipsilateral
or contralateral breast malignancies that are undetected by mammography and …

Background This multicenter prospective study aimed to assess the utility of dynamic
enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to breast-conserving surgery for breast …

OBJECTIVE. Accurate presurgical evaluation of residual disease appears essential for
successful clinical outcome in patients with breast cancer who are undergoing …

The article focuses on the controversy surrounding the pre-operative use of magnetic
resonance image (MRI) in examining patients with early-stage breast cancer. It says that …