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Annual screening - mammogram vs mri
Hi, I’m looking for advice or shared experiences. For annual monitoring (e.g. after a diagnosis of DCIS), has anyone been offered the choice between a mammogram with contrast and an MRI with contras...
HiEsjay my surgeon and oncologist discussed my annual monitoring with me taking into account various risk factors and recommended an ultrasound and 3D mammogram (tomography). The relevant factors for them included the pathology results from samples taken after neo adjuvant chemotherapy and targeted therapy and surgery, further chemotherapy after surgery, my cancer type (invasive lobular cancer) and not having dense breasts.
Just to clarify & save any confusion... the Mammogram and MRI mentioned in the original question here, are referring to scans using 'contrast', which is a dye injected during the scan to enhance the image and show up any anomalies. This is different to a standard mammogram or 3d mammogram which doesn't use 'contrast' to enhance the image.