EXAMES DE IMAGEM NO RASTREIO E DIAGNÓSTICO DO CÂNCER DE MAMA: Ressonância magnética das mamas em face da mamografia

Abstract

Currently mammography is the primary imaging test for screening and diagnosis of breast cancer. However, there are some limitations to this method, especially in patients with dense breasts, operated, irradiated or with insertion of breast implants, where the study of new techniques to get better diagnosis and prognosis of these patients is necessary. Breast MRI is being consolidated as an important diagnostic method of breast disorders, as it is able to detect some lesions initially not seen on mammography, and helps identifying these findings as benign or malignant. Through literature review, this scientific paper designs a comparison between the feasibility of breast MRI in face of mammography on the study of the breasts.