Diagnostic Performance of Kaiser score in MRI BI-RADS 3 Lesions: A Promising tool to reduce unnecessary biopsies.

Purpose: To evaluate the possibility of reducing unnecessary biopsies in patients with BI-RADS 3 lesions by implementing Kaiser score (KS).

Method: In this retrospective, single-center study, we included 79 female patients with BI-RADS 3 lesions and risk factors who underwent biopsy following magnetic resonance imaging. Three readers (two experienced breast radiologists and a radiology resident) blinded evaluated the lesions using KS.

Locoregional staging of breast cancer: contrast-enhanced mammography versus breast magnetic resonance imaging.

Purpose: Breast cancer diagnosis often involves assessing the locoregional spread of the disease through MRI, as multicentricity, multifocality and/or bilaterality are increasingly common. Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) is emerging as a potential alternative method. This study compares the performance of CEM and MRI in preoperative staging of women with confirmed breast carcinoma.

Breast cancer and communication: monocentric experience of a self-assessment questionnaire.

Background: The communication of the diagnosis of breast cancer induces to the patient a strong psychological trauma. Radiologists are at the forefront of communicating, either for a biopsy or the probable diagnosis of malignancy. This is a complex task, which requires the knowledge and application of correct "communicative models", among which the SPIKES protocol represents a fundamental reference.