BREAST CANCER BASE

Dutch researchers recently found that a family history of breast cancer or genetic defects related to the high risk of breast cancer, in addition to doing the breast X-ray camera checks, but also for magnetic resonance imaging examination, so check the accuracy of both a higher rate. The study, published in the latest issue of "New England Journal of Medicine."

Netherlands 6 Cancer Center doctors surveyed 1,909 Dutch women, including 358 with breast cancer gene or gene mutation in the other women. In order to be able to find cancer early stages of cancer, increase cure, doctors compared the Netherlands the following three types of inspection means : Every once breast X-ray camera inspection, done once a year breast MRI exam, the doctor every six months for the above methods do not have to do a breast examination. The results showed that the first two checks means to be more effective in the early detection of cancer, but two means of a higher accuracy rate.

The researchers published papers that their three years ago found 45 cases of cancer, 32 cases by MRI alone can be diagnosed and that 332 cases have been 22 cases of breast X-ray photographs of the missing checks, only 18 cases were adopted separately; mammography screening can be diagnosed . Clinical examination and radiographic examination and MRI examination of three means, the sensitivity of NMR imaging, reaching 79.5%, the sensitivity of clinical examination only 17.9%.

But with the breast X-ray camera inspection compared MRI exam of less than two points : First, the cost is about 10 times that of the former, is nearly two times the amount of an unnecessary additional testing, and more than double the biopsy. In addition, the breast X-ray camera can detect magnetic resonance imaging was left out of the cancer. Therefore, the American Cancer Society recommends breast cancer risk of women with low consider conducting two inspections.