Systematic development of an abbreviated protocol for screening breast magnetic resonance imaging.

Rationale & Objectives: We sought to develop an abbreviated protocol (AP) for breast MRI that maximizes lesion detection by assessing each lesion not seen on mammography by each acquisition from a full diagnostic protocol (FDP).

Materials & Methods: 671 asymptomatic women (mean 55.7 years, range 40-80) with a negative mammogram were prospectively enrolled in this IRB approved study.

The prognostic value of additional malignant lesions detected by magnetic resonance imaging versus mammography.

Background: Nodal positivity is correlated with a poorer prognosis in breast cancer. A study was composed to compare nodal positivity in patients with single versus multiple lesions found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and mammogram (MMG).

Methods: A retrospective study of breast cancer patients undergoing MRI and MMG was performed.

Nodal positivity in breast cancer correlated with the number of lesions detected by magnetic resonance imaging versus mammogram.

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in breast cancer can detect more than 15% additional lesions than mammography. We investigated lymph node metastases rates in patients with multifocal or multicentric disease detected by MRI compared with patients with a single lesion detected by mammography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of breast cancer patients undergoing MRI and mammography was performed.