How should we screen for breast cancer? Mammography, ultrasonography, MRI

Cleve Clin J Med. 2007 Dec;74(12):897-904. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.74.12.897.

Abstract

Of the imaging techniques currently available to evaluate women for breast disease, mammography remains the mainstay of breast cancer screening, but recent guidelines have included magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the screening of some women at high risk. Whole-breast ultrasonography for screening has not been established as useful and so should not be offered routinely to patients.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle / statistics & numerical data
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / statistics & numerical data
  • Mammography* / statistics & numerical data
  • Mass Screening / methods*
  • Mass Screening / standards
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Risk Factors
  • Ultrasonography