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Clinical Imaging of Microwave Mammography
Published on: November 14, 2025
The chest radiologist's role in invasive breast cancer detection
Laurie R Margolies1, Mary Salvatore1, Rowena Yip1
1Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, United States.
Purpose:
To assess the ability of chest CT to identify patients needing further evaluation of the breasts.
Methods:
IRB approval was obtained with a waiver of consent. Women with chest CT and mammogram within 12months formed the cohort. A breast assessment and recommendation CT score (BARCS) analogous to mammographic BI-RADS was created and compared to the mammogram BI-RADS.
Results:
BARCS and mammographic BI-RADS management recommendations were concordant for 77.1%. 11 invasive cancers were detected; all by mammogram while CT missed 2.
Conclusion:
BARCS score should be studied in prospective trials. Chest CT might be the earliest opportunity to detect breast cancer.
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