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News 05-25-2009 03:08 AM

Additional "Unsuspected" Breast Cancers Not Seen On Mammography Or Ultrasound Detecte
 
A total of 199 patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer underwent breast MRI. "We found additional, unsuspected cancers in the ipsilateral breast (the one that had already been diagnosed with cancer) in 16% of patients; we found cancers in the contralateral breast (the one that had not been diagnosed with cancer) in 4% of patients," said Petra J. Lewis, MD, lead author of the study.

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