Introducing MRI into clinical breast practice

bcr199 BCJ Meeting abstract Introducing MRI into clinical breast practice Field S

Breast Screening Assessment Centre, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK

Breast Cancer Res Symposium Mammographicum 2000 Meeting abstracts Symposium Mammographicum 2000 York, UK

4–6 October 2000

1465-5411 2000 2 Suppl 2 A6 10.1186/bcr199 4 10 2000 2000 Current Science Ltd bcr-2-s2-06

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Although there are numerous publications regarding the value (and limitations) of MRI in the diagnosis of a variety of breast conditions, access to MRI in the UK is severely limited. Because prioritisation of all cases needing MRI is necessary, only those that will lead to a clear alteration in clinical management can be justified. Against this background, the current use of MRI in a busy symptomatic and screening practice will be presented and justified.