Indications for breast magnetic resonance imaging at a referral center for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To describe the indications for breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at a referral center for breast cancer in Brazil. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective study in which we reviewed the clinical records, including physician requests and patient questionnaires, of women who...

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Autores principales: Ferreira, Samuel Silva, Campos, Adriene Moraes, Fernandes, Patrícia Lima, Pereira, Izabela Machado, Rodrigues, Flavia Maria, Victor, Antônio Fernando Braga Ferreira, de Paula, Ivie Braga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Publicação do Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8029939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33854261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-3984.2019.0114
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To describe the indications for breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at a referral center for breast cancer in Brazil. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective study in which we reviewed the clinical records, including physician requests and patient questionnaires, of women who underwent breast MRI between 2014 and 2018 at a referral center for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. RESULTS: The most common indication for breast MRI was as a complement to mammography/ultrasonography (in 43.6% of cases), followed by breast cancer staging (in 25.1%), the screening of patients at high risk (in 17.4%), the evaluation of breast implants (in 10.1%), and the evaluation of the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (in 3.8%). CONCLUSION: Although there is strong evidence supporting the use of breast MRI, mainly for the screening of high-risk patients, the imaging method is underutilized in Brazil.

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