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tricia keegan · 11-26-2011, 06:46 PM

Good point Amy, but as she had an aggressive type of bc that grew quickly I'm assuming if left untreated it would have progressed which is the usual as far as I'm aware going by own experience!

Persoanally I think MRI is still a valuble tool on early dx, so many women have dense breasts and would possibly miss a bc dx without mri, certainly with stage iv it may not give much more survival time but in early stage I think an MRI is all important to prevent someone possibly getting to this stage by early dx and tx.

11-26-2011, 06:46 PM	#6
tricia keegan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,463	Re: Lancet article: "MRI of little benefit to Most women with breast cancer Good point Amy, but as she had an aggressive type of bc that grew quickly I'm assuming if left untreated it would have progressed which is the usual as far as I'm aware going by own experience! Persoanally I think MRI is still a valuble tool on early dx, so many women have dense breasts and would possibly miss a bc dx without mri, certainly with stage iv it may not give much more survival time but in early stage I think an MRI is all important to prevent someone possibly getting to this stage by early dx and tx. __________________ Tricia Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06 Currently taking Arimidex.. June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density. Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc. 2014 Normal Dexa scan 2018 Mammo all clear, still NED! Last edited by tricia keegan; 11-26-2011 at 06:53 PM..