A multicenter study with the sole concentration of comparing the three screening methods in women at high-risk for breast cancer has come to the fore that the true application of the Magnetic resonance imaging or MRI make it possible for the radiologists for the fruitful identification of the tremors that are missed both by the methodologies of mammography and ultrasound.   

It is to be noticed that the initiative in this regard has been taken by an eminent group of researchers   under the direction of Dr. Constance Dobbins Lehman. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Lehman, who also happens to be a well-known M.D. and also the Professor of radiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Director of Breast Imaging at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance said, "Women at high risk for breast cancer can benefit from undergoing screening MRI. Of all the breast imaging tools we have currently available, MRI is clearly the best at detecting cancer."

According to the National Cancer Institute, the very disease of genetic predisposition accounts for five to 10 percent of all types breast cancers that are found at large. To them, those women who due to the influence of their respective genes always remain at high risk for breast cancer, there happens to be an imperative need for the initiation of the methodology of screening at a younger age, because they often develop cancer earlier than women at average risk. On the other hand I has also been noticed, that women who are below the age of 50 are more likely to have dense breast tissue that do have the ability to regulate the effectiveness of mammography as a screening tool. In this regard, the internationally acclaimed organization The American Cancer Society advise that women with a high risk of developing breast cancer should be screened with MRI in addition to their yearly mammogram even at the age of 30.

As a part of the study, 171 asymptomatic women over the age of 25 and with no less than 20 percent lifetime risk of developing breast cancer in comparison to the screening performance of MRI and mammography in high-risk patients were studied by the researchers. The application of MRI, mammography and ultrasound were provided to each of the women. In sum sixteen biopsies were performed resulting into the detection of six cancers for an overall cancer yield of 3.5 percent. It is to b learnt, that sll six of the cancers were detected with MRI, while two cancers were detected with mammography and only one cancer was detected with ultrasound.