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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...
My annual screening is just 3D tomosyntheis / mammography and ultrasound. I always get done by breast experts, same breast clinic so they can compare. Ever since happened at age 40. No dyes. Plus the specialist physical check. Mine was not institu , but Invasive Breast Cancer throughout breast and into lymph nodes. ( I always thought contrast mammos and MRI only for diagnosistic and MRI does not replace mammograms- each gives different information.Not for ongoing screening )Of course it can vary case by case,doctor by doctor.