Do mammography, sonography, and MR mammography have a diagnostic benefit compared with mammography and sonography?

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The purpose of our study was to assess the added value of MR mammography, mammography, and sonography compared with mammography and sonography in diagnostic evaluation of the breast.We evaluated reports of MR mammography, conventional mammography, and sonography of the breast in 89 patients who had been referred for surgical biopsy. The dynamic MR mammography examinations were obtained on a 1.0-T MR imager using a double-breast coil and a three-dimensional axial fast low-angle shot sequence. Each type of study was interpreted by a different observer. All mammograms and sonograms were available to all observers. Without knowledge of biopsy results, observers classified mammograms and sonograms (which we call the standard method) as well as mammograms, sonograms, and MR mammograms (which we call the combined method). Classifications were on a per-breast basis: no disease; probably a benign or malignant lesion; and most likely a benign or malignant lesion. A classification of no disease or most likely a beni...

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