Pre-biopsy MRIs can help doctors diagnose and treat prostate cancer more accurately. Here’s when you should get one.

Cancer imaging is entering a phase where malignant cells no longer hide in murky grayscale but flare into view with surgical precision. Across operating rooms, scanners, and even blood tests, researchers are building systems that make tumors stand out on cue,

Patients with stage I or II hormone receptor-negative breast cancer do not benefit from preoperative breast MRI, according to data from San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.Given the comparable 5-year locoregional recurrence rates between those who underwent breast MRI in addition to diagnostic mammography and those who did not,

Patients with stage 1 or 2, hormone receptor (HR)-negative breast cancer had similar five-year rates of locoregional recurrence whether or not they underwent preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in addition to diagnostic mammography to determine the extent of their cancer,

Prostate MRI currently lacks the accuracy to replace biopsies in active surveillance for prostate cancer. The negative predictive value of MRI remains below 90%, the general goal for safely avoiding biopsy. Routine confirmatory biopsy should continue in ...

MRI had a 98% rate of detecting cancer in asymptomatic pregnant persons, according to a study published Dec. 4 in The New England Journal of Medicine. As part of an ongoing study, researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute and National ...