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MRI or mammograms for detecting breast cancer in families with unknown genetic mutations?

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/MRI-detects-cancer-earlier-than-mammograms
Full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(19)30275-X/fulltext

MRI and mammograms are used together to detect breast cancer in high-risk women who test positive for a BRCA or other gene mutation that increases the risk for breast cancer. For women with a family history of breast cancer but no known genetic mutation, increased screening is recommended. But what method is best? A recent clinical trial in the Netherlands compared MRI and mammography for this population. (8/15/19)

Expert Guidelines

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) establishes guidelines for women with increased risk (a lifetime risk for breast cancer of 20 percent or more). The guidelines recommend the following screening:

NCCN has separate guidelines for breast screening in women with an inherited mutation. See our gene-by-gene listing to find specific risk-management guidelines for people with an inherited mutation linked to cancer.  

Questions To Ask Your Health Care Provider

 

Open Clinical Trials

The following are breast cancer screening or prevention studies enrolling people at high risk for breast cancer.   

Additional risk-management clinical trials for people at high risk for breast cancer may be found here.

About FORCE

FORCE is a national nonprofit organization, established in 1999. Our mission is to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by adult hereditary cancers.