ABSTRACT
For breast teams reading this book or approaching the use of breast MRI in their clinical practice, the question arises: ‘How can MRI help in my management of a patient who has, or may have, breast cancer?’ They will already be evaluating the many patients passing through their care using mammography, breast ultrasound, fine needle aspiration cytology and core biopsy to great effect. How then should MRI be incorporated into this diagnostic programme? Pressure to use breast MRI may come from MRI experts, or from meetings where the advantages of MRI are expounded. Similar pressures frequently accompany other new techniques, such as SestaMIBI, positron emission tomography (PET) scanning or impedance imaging; all claim to offer great help, where none was sought.
