Abbreviated MRI of the Breast : A Practical Guide / by: Comstock, Christopher E., Kuhl, Christiane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Comstock, Christopher E., Author.

Hendrick, R. Edward., Author.

Kuhl, Christiane., Author.

Lee, Carol H., Author.

Lehman, Constance D., Author.

Morris, Elizabeth A., Author.

Newstead, Gillian M., Author.

Sung, Janice S., Author.

Contributor:

Kuhl, Christiane, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast--Magnetic resonance imaging.

Breast.

Breast--Cancer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages) : color illustrations, photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Thieme, 2018.

Summary:

Although mammography is the primary method used for breast cancer screening, screening mammography is limited especially in women with dense breasts, which includes nearly 50% of all women in the United States. Despite improvements such as digital mammography, computed aided detection, and digital breast tomosynthesis, breast cancer continues to be a leading cause of cancer-related death in women. The recent proliferation of screening breast ultrasound has led to increased health care costs and false positives, with only a slight improvement in breast cancer detection. It is time for a better test. This is the first textbook dedicated to the subject of abbreviated breast MRI (AB-MR). The editors are principal investigators in the first multicenter trial evaluating AB-MR. Each chapter is authored by a leading expert in the field of breast MRI. AB-MR only takes 10 minutes or less to perform, has a comparable cost to screening breast ultrasound, and detects twice as many cancers compared to combined screening with mammography and ultrasound. The improved performance of AB-MR is irrespective of breast density, family history, overall breast cancer risk, and cancer characteristics (e.g. type, staging, invasive or intraductal, primary or recurrent). As such, it will likely become a routine screening tool in women with dense breasts.

Contents:

Introduction to abbreviated breast magnetic resonance imaging / Christopher E. Comstock

History of MRI in breast cancer screening / Janice S. Sung and Elizabeth A. Morris

Current clinical evidence on abbreviated breast MRI / Christiane Kuhl

Technical aspects of abbreviated breast MRI : the original approach / Christiane Kuhl

Techniques for performing abbreviated breast MRI / R. Edward Hendrick

Abbreviated breast MR imaging protocols and clinical implementation / Gillian M. Newstead

Interpretation guidelines / Janice S. Sung and Constance D. Lehman

MRI-guided biopsy techniques / Carol H. Lee.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781638531463

1638531463

9781626231948

162623194X

OCLC:

1020172555