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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on November 11, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(22):1568-1570; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn423
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Molecular Breast Imaging: Potential New Tool for Detecting Cancers

Charlie Schmidt

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Mammography may be a "gold standard" for breast cancer screening, but for some women, its interpretation amounts to little more than a coin flip. In women with dense breasts, which contain more stromal and epithelial tissues than fat, interpretation of mammograms is difficult. Among these women, tumor detection rates with mammography barely exceed 60%. Both tumors and breast tissues appear white on a mammogram, but fat looks black. Clinicians can easily detect cancerous lesions against the darker fat backdrop, whereas dense tissues obscure tumors that could be life threatening.

Now researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., say that a different screening method—molecular breast imaging (MBI)—may offer a promising alternative for women with dense breasts, who make up much of the female population. Deborah Rhodes, M.D., an assistant professor at the Mayo Clinic, said roughly a quarter of all women older than 40 years have breast tissue that is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Improving Scintimammography

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