Breast magnetic resonance imaging significance for breast cancer diagnostic in women with genetic predisposition and a strong family history

Abstract

Screening of breast cancer with mammography recommended to women over 40 has been shown to decrease breast cancer mortality. But mam- mography has much lower accuracy in young women with BRCA1/2 mutations and women with a strong family history. Therefore new screening methods in young high-risk women are necessary to detect early-stage cancer.

Keywords

• breast cancer
• magnetic resonance imaging
• mammography
• brca1
• brca2