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What is Breast MRI?

In MRI devices, an MRI examination of the breast using special breast coils is called breast MRI. During this examination, a contrast agent is administered to the patient through the vein to detect the cancers better. Breast MRI is considered the most sensitive method to detect breast cancer. Breast MRI is often used to detail the findings or to determine the extent of a detected cancer when a suspicious finding is detected in mammography or ultrasonography. At the same time, breast MRI is applied as a screening test in patients with a high risk of developing breast cancer due to their medical or family history.

For What Purpose Is Breast MRI Used?

• To determine whether there is more than one cancer focus in the breast before the operation in patients who are diagnosed with breast cancer and are planned for breast-conserving treatment,
• To understand whether cancer has spread to the chest wall and the opposite breast in patients with breast cancer.
• In women who have received breast-conserving treatment for breast cancer, in distinguishing surgical changes in the breast from recurrent cancer.
• Clarification of any suspicious condition detected in mammography, ultrasonography or examination.
• In the evaluation of the success of chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer
• In determining whether breast cancer is present in high-risk women for screening purposes.
• In determining main cancer focus in patients with cancer that has spread (metastatic) throughout the body.
• To determine whether there is damage to the prosthesis in women with silicone prosthesis and to evaluate suspicious findings in the breast.

Why is it Preferred?

It does not give off radiation, so it can be repeated as many times as desired. More information can be obtained than other breast imaging methods. In this way, many cancer focuses that cannot be seen with other methods can be detected. Dense breasts, treated breasts, breasts with silicone prostheses, which are difficult to evaluate in mammography, can be easily examined. With MRI, more reliable results can be obtained from mammography and ultrasonography, especially in high-risk women.