For Breast Cancer Patients, Undetected Tumors May Be Found Through MRI

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have found in a recent study that undiagnosed breast tumors are sometimes found through MRI scans for postmenopausal breast cancer patients previously diagnosed with tumors in their opposite breast. However, MRI scans are less likely to find tumors in women who have not yet gone through menopause.

The research team examined medical records of 425 female breast cancer patients who had an MRI of both breasts between 2003 and 2007. The purpose of the scans was to detect cancer in breasts where no cancer was previously found. They found that the MRIs of women age 70 and older were more likely to show a tumor than the scans of younger women.

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