Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Pathology, Neoplasia, Cancer, Education, Diagnostic procedure, Comparative studies, Ultrasound, MR, Mammography, Oncology, Management, Breast
Authors:
N. Rotaru, I. Gavrilasenco; Chisinau/MD
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-2223
Conclusion
If MRM detects multicentric breast cancer,
which is a major correlate of local disease recurrence,
then both the patient and her physician could reach a more correct treatment choice which would be mastectomy,
thereby avoiding the morbidity associated with radiation therapy.
If the patient chooses to accept the increased risk associated with the presence of multicentric disease,
she can then be more closely monitored through MRM during follow-up after radiation therapy.
The multiplanar capability of MRM enables it to provide more definite information than mammography and ultrasonography.
MRM is presently able to better stage breast cancer locally and to measure more accurately breast cancer size,
and determine multicentricity.