Dynamics of Enhancement Aid in the Detection of Residual Breast Malignancy

Background: With its high sensitivity for the detection of breast cancer, breast MRI has been regarded as holding great potential for diagnosis and follow-up when compared with traditional modalities such as digital mammography. Evolving data have provided mixed recommendations for the use of breast MRI, but one area that lacks universal consensus is follow-up for patients who have undergone breast conservation surgery for carcinoma. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of breast MRI in the assessment of residual disease after breast conservation surgery for carcinoma. Design: Retrospective study. Methods: A 5-year retrospective period was chosen, and patients who had undergone breast MRI were identified. Those patients who underwent MRI after surgical excisional biopsy yielded a diagnosis of breast cancer were included in the study. The MRI was being performed in order to define the extent of disease and whether there had been residual disease at the site of the excisional biopsy. On more...