Detecting Occult Malignancy in Prophylactic Mastectomy: Preoperative MRI Versus Sentinel
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Background High-risk patients undergoing prophylactic mastectomy (PM) may have
unsuspected cancers identified on pathology. The optimum way to identify and manage …

BACKGROUND Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in the setting of prophylactic
mastectomy (PM) remains controversial. In the current study, recent experience with PM was …

Editorial Comment: MRI Is Useful in a High-Risk Patient Cohort Before Prophylactic
Mastectomy, Obviating Sentinel Node Sampling Page 1 Taliaferro et al. 248 AJR:218 …

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Background Over the last decade, rates of risk-reducing prophylactic mastectomy (PM) have
risen dramatically. A topic of debate regarding the procedure is whether to use sentinel …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of clinically and mammographically
occult disease using breast MRI in a cohort of cancer patients undergoing contralateral …

Background Sentinel node biopsy (SLNB) is not routinely recommended for patients
undergoing prophylactic mastectomy (PM), yet omission remains a subject of debate among …

Methods Sixteen women aged 25 to 33 years underwent breast MRI prior to prophylactic
mastectomy. The women were high risk with proven BRCA 1 or 2 mutations. The images …

Purpose We investigated rates of occult malignancy in the breast and sentinel lymph nodes
(SLNs) in patients undergoing prophylactic mastectomy (PM) and whether routine sentinel …