Fischer Uwe, Baum Friedemann, Luftner-Nagel Susanne
Women's Health Care Center, Diagnostisches Brustzentrum Göttingen, Bahnhofsallee 1d 37081, Göttingen, Germany.
Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2006 Aug;14(3):351-62, vi. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2006.07.009.
As well documented for other diseases (ie, lymphoma), an accurate pretherapeutic assessment of the extent of breast cancer is essential for planning the appropriate treatment to get the best long-term results, decrease recurrence rates, and increase patient survival. This article presents an overview of the effects of preoperative local staging with MR imaging in breast cancer patients.
