
Eligibility for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening in the United Kingdom: Effect of Strict Selection Criteria and Anonymous DNA Testing on Breast Cancer Incidence in the MARIBS Study
Author(s) -
D. Gareth Evans,
Fiona Lennard,
Linda Pointon,
Susan J. Ramus,
Simon A. Gayther,
Nayanta Sodha,
Gek Kwan-Lim,
Martin O. Leach,
Ruth Warren,
Deborah J. Thompson,
Douglas F. Easton,
Rosalind A. Eeles
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
cancer epidemiology biomarkers and prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.234
H-Index - 192
eISSN - 1538-7755
pISSN - 1055-9965
DOI - 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-09-0138
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , breast cancer , incidence (geometry) , selection (genetic algorithm) , dna testing , cancer , medicine , oncology , medical physics , computer science , genetics , biology , radiology , artificial intelligence , physics , optics
A UK multicenter study compared the performance of contrast enhanced-magnetic resonance imaging with X-Ray Mammography in women at high-risk of breast cancer commencing in 1997. Selection criteria were used to identify women with at least 0.9% annual risk of breast cancer.
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