The difference in how a woman is positioned during MRI prior to breast conserving surgery and how she is positioned during the surgery distorts and displaces tumors while the surgery is being ...

A new review of existing evidence suggests that using magnetic resonance imaging to "stage" a woman's breast cancer before surgery might do more harm than good. MRI produces a much clearer image than ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having an MRI scan before breast cancer surgery may not cut a woman's risk of needing a second operation to go after additional tumor tissue - and may even raise her chance ...

The value of an extent-of-disease magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam in patients 60 years and older with newly diagnosed breast cancer has been clearly demonstrated in a single-center study. In ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Preoperative MRI for staging patients with early, hormone receptor (HR)-negative breast cancer didn't result in improved oncologic outcomes or improved clinical care, according to a ...

While ultrasound is usually viewed as more cost effective, MRI is most often used to evaluate the rotator cuff. When performing a cost utility analysis, utilizing an ultrasound as the initial imaging ...

(HealthDay)—Preoperative high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment of circumferential resection margin (CRM) status predicts survival and other disease progression outcomes in ...

Using magnetic resonance imaging to "stage" a woman's breast cancer before surgery might do more harm than good, according to an Australian and U.S. study. MRIs produce a much clearer image than ...

harm than good, according to an Australian and U.S. study. traditional methods of characterizing the cancer. “I wasn’t surprised by the results at all. What I am surprised by is the strength of the ...