Breast MRI for patients

The latest guidelines from American Cancer Society have recommended this scan for women with an especially high risk of developing breast cancer along with their yearly mammogram.

This scan is particularly useful in these patient types:

• they have a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
• they have a first-degree relative (parent, sibling, child) with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, even if they have yet to be tested themselves
• their lifetime risk of breast cancer has been scored at 20%-25% or greater, based on one of several accepted risk assessment tools that look at family history and other factors
• they had radiation to the chest between the ages of 10 and 30
• they have Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Cowden syndrome, or Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome, or may have one of these syndromes based on a history in a first-degree relative

ACS Advises MRIs for Some at High Risk of Breast Cancer

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