The Impact of Preoperative Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Surgical Management in Symptomatic Patients With Invasive Lobular Carcinoma.
Brian M MoloneyPeter F McAnenaÉanna J RyanEllen O BeirnRonan M WaldronAnnaMarie O ConnellSinead WalshRachel EnnisCatherine GlynnAoife J LoweryPeter A McCarthyMichael J KerinPublished in: Breast cancer : basic and clinical research (2020)
While MRI was associated with minor delays in treatment and did not reduce overall rates of margin re-excision or completion mastectomy, it altered the choice of surgical procedure in almost a quarter of MR+ cases. The benefit of preoperative breast MRI appears to be confined to select (younger, dense breast, borderline conservable) cases in symptomatic ILC.