Breast MRI increases the number of mastectomies for ductal cancers, but decreases them for lobular cancers.
Marc B I LobbesIngeborg J H VriensAnnelotte C M van BommelGrard A P NieuwenhuijzenMarjolein L SmidtLiesbeth J BoersmaThijs van DalenCarolien SmorenburgHenk StruikmansSabine SieslingAdri C VoogdVivianne C G Tjan-HeijnenPublished in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2017)
Breast MRI use was associated with a reduced number of mastectomies and less positive surgical margins in invasive lobular cancer, but with an increased number of mastectomies in ductal cancers. Breast MRI use was associated with a fourfold higher incidence of CBC.