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Breast Cancer Screening (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 08/26/2008
Health Professional Version
Changes to This Summary (08/26/2008)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Breast Cancer Screening Modalities 1

Added text 2 to state that the role of MRI in screening high-risk women or very high-risk women, such as BRAC1/2 carriers remains uncertain.


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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/breast/healthprofessional/218.
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2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/breast/healthprofessional/319.
cdr#Section_319