Diffusion-weighted imaging may be useful as a safe and effective screening tool to supplement mammography in women with dense breast tissues.
Study results presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2021 Annual Meeting suggest that diffusion-weighted imaging was a sensitive and effective screening method for breast cancer detection in asymptomatic women with dense breasts.
“Mammography has low sensitivity in dense breasts and needs to be supplemented with another screening method for women with dense breasts,” the authors wrote. “Diffusion-weighted imaging may be useful as a safe and effective screening tool for the supplementation of mammography in women with dense breast tissues.”
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