CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 37, no. 2, 2011

The Role of Imaging Techniques in Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

[Review]

GHEONEA IOANA ANDREEA(1), RALUCA PEGZA(2), LUANA LASCU(3), SIMONA BONDARI(1), ZOIA STOICA(1), A. BONDARI(1)

Department of Radiology and Imaging, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova;
(2)Service de Radiologie de l’Hopital Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Centre Hospitalier Regionale, Metz-Thionville;
(3)Radiology and Imaging Department, County Emergency  Hospital, Craiova


Abstract:

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women worldwide. Advances and ongoing improvements in imaging technologies have improved the sensitivity of breast cancer detection and diagnosis, but each modality is most beneficial when utilized according to individual traits such as age, risk, and breast density. Mammography is considered the “gold standard” in the evaluation of the breast lesions from an imaging perspective. Ultrasound examination and magnetic resonance imaging are being offered as diagnostic techniques and as adjuncts to the pre and postoperative workup. Despite all of these advances, it is still the case that no single imaging modality is capable of identifying and characterising all breast abnormalities and a combined modality approach will continue to be necessary. In this overview we evaluate the role of various imaging techniques in the diagnosis of breast cancer based on an assessment of current trends


Keywords: Breast, Mammography, Ultrasound, Magnetic resonance Imaging



Corresponding: Ioana Gheonea, MD, MSc ; Department of Radiology and Imaging, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova; Petru Rares Street, No 2, Craiova - 200349, RomAnia; E-mail: iagheonea@gmail.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.37.02.01 - Download PDF
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