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Does preoperative magnetic resonance imaging modify breast cancer surgery?
F Buxant1, F Scuotto, N Hottat
1Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Belgium. frederic.buxant@ulb.ac.be
Aims:
To determine the impact of preoperative use of breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in therapeutic surgical approach in women with breast cancer.
Materials And Methods:
Preoperative contrast-enhanced MRI of the breast was performed in 105 patients with suspected breast carcinomas. MRI findings were correlated with mammography (MMG) and ultrasonography (US).
Results:
Histopathologic analysis revealed 144 breast carcinomas. The results of the MRI lead to a change in 17.1% of the planned surgical procedure. MRI imaging alone revealed 16 multifocal or multicentric tumors and four contralateral carcinomas.
Conclusion:
Breast MRI could be recommended as a pre-surgical diagnostic procedure in patients allocated to breast conservation surgery. Nevertheless, further studies are needed to determine if preoperative breast MRI leads to a decrease in tumor recurrence and in overall survival.
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