ArticleBiomedicines2024
Abbreviated Breast MRI as a Supplement to Mammography in Family Risk History of Breast Cancer within the Croatian National Breast Screening Program.
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- Abbreviated MRI Protocols in Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the diagnostic performance of abbreviated breast MRI compared with mammography in women with a family history of breast cancer included in the Croatian National Breast Screening Program.
methods178 women with a family history of breast cancer aged 50 to 69 underwent abbreviated breast MRI and mammography. Radiological findings for each method were categorized according to the BI-RADS classification. The gold standard for assessing the diagnostic accuracy of breast MRI and mammography, in terms of suspicious BI-RADS 4 and BI-RADS 5 findings, was the histopathological diagnosis. Performance measures, including cancer detection rates, specificity, sensitivity, and positive and negative predictive values, were calculated for both imaging methods.
resultsTwelve new cases of breast cancer were detected, with seven (58.3%) identified only by abbreviated breast MRI, four (33.3%) detected by both mammography and breast MRI, and one (8.3%) diagnosed only by mammography. Diagnostic accuracy parameters for abbreviated breast MRI were 91.67% sensitivity, 94.58% specificity, 55.0% positive predictive value (PPV), and 99.37% negative predictive value (NPV), while for mammography, the corresponding values were 41.67%, 96.39%, 45.46%, and 95.81%, respectively.
conclusionsAbbreviated breast MRI is a useful supplement to screening mammography in women with a family history of breast cancer. Considering the results of the conducted research, it is recommended to assess whether women with a family history of breast cancer have an increased risk and subsequently provide annual abbreviated breast MRI in addition to mammography for early detection of breast cancer.
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