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How do you advise women who are at high risk for breast cancer and for whom annual screening breast MRIs are recommended regarding the long-term risks of gadolinium contrast?

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Medical Oncology · Columbia University Medical Center

For all breast cancer screening modalities, we need to weigh the benefits for early detection with the potential harms, such as false positive results and over diagnosis. Among young high-risk women with dense breasts, breast MRI has higher sensitivity compared to mammography for early detection of ...

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