MRI does not reduce breast cancer operations

Adding magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to the usual preoperative assessment of women with breast cancer does not reduce the rate of repeat operations (Health Technology Assessment 2010;14:1–182).

In 1623 women with primary breast cancer scheduled for wide local excision, re-operation rates were 19.3 per cent after clinical examination, imaging and biopsy and 18.8 per cent after adding MRI.