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MRI detects breast cancer missed by other methods of diagnosis (Los Angeles Times)

In women newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast, an MRI can find the disease in the opposite breast more effectively than standard mammography or clinical examination, scientists said Tuesday.

MRI, which stands for magnetic resonance imaging, detected cancers that had been missed by the other methods in 3.1 percent of patients in a large clinical study, researchers said.

Quoted: Frederick Kelcz, a professor of radiology at UW-Madison