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MRI scans are far superior to mammograms for distinguishing cancer in ladies with dense breasts, study finds

MRI scans are far superior to mammograms for distinguishing cancer in ladies with dense breasts, study finds

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Giving ladies with very dense breasts a MRI scan notwithstanding a mammogram prompted less missed tumors yet in addition to a great deal of false alerts and treatments that probably won't have been required, an enormous report found. The outcomes give a more clear image of the tradeoffs associated with such testing, yet they can't address the greatest question - regardless of whether it spares lives. For ladies with dense breasts attempting to settle on screening, 'the dilemma remains,' Dr Dan Longo of the New England Journal of Medicine wrote in a publication distributed with the study on Wednesday. About portion of ladies more than 40 have thick bosoms and around 10 percent have thick ones. That raises their danger of creating malignancy and makes it harder to spot on ma...