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Scottsdale
(Scottsdale Medical Imaging) -
One in 10 women
newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast will develop the disease in the opposite breast. These opposite (or contralateral) breast cancers often take years to diagnose, which leads to patient anxiety, a lower chance of successful treatment, and additional, often costly, procedures.
An American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) study published in the March 29, 2007 issue of the
New England Journal of Medicine establishes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a key component of the diagnostic workup for women at the time of initial breast cancer diagnosis. The research, conducted at 25 institutions across the country, including Scottsdale Medical Imaging, found the addition of an MRI scan led to the detection of more than 90 percent of cancers in the opposite breast missed by mammography and clinical breast exam -- effectively doubling the number of cancers detected.
“We can now identify the vast majority of opposite breast cancers at the time of a woman’s initial diagnosis,” said Constance Lehman, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator of the ACRIN breast MRI trial, professor of radiology and director of breast imaging at the University of Washington and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. “That means instead of those women having another cancer diagnosis years after their initial treatment, we can diagnose and treat those opposite breast cancers at the same time as the initial diagnosis.” For complete press release,
click here (Adobe
Acrobat Reader required).
For
complete local and national coverage on this ACRIN Breast MRI study, and
the new ACS guidelines, click the below links:
Arizona Press
Coverage:
Arizona
Republic Article - 03/28/2007 edition (adobe acrobat reader
required)
KTAR :
www.ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=432878
10 p.m. ABC
15: video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5097587902918847107
National Press Coverage:
New England Journal of
Medicine: content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/356/13/1295 (subscription required for viewing)
NBC Nightly
News: msnbc.msn.com/id/17818068/
ABC Good Morning
America:
abcnews.go.com/Health/CancerPreventionAndTreatment/story?id=2988647&page=1
CBS The Early
Show: www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/28/health/main2618179.shtml
USA
Today: www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-03-28-breast-cancer-mri_N.htm
New York
Times: www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/health/28mri.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=sIogin
Also
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