Jennifer H. Menell

TL;DR: The Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) lexicon was developed by the American College of Radiology to standardize mammographic reporting and is clinically useful and facilitates communication and research.

TL;DR: In women with recently diagnosed breast cancer, MR imaging of the contralateral breast led to a biopsy recommendation in 32% and cancer was found in 20% of women who underwent contralsateral breast biopsy and in 5% of Women who underwent Contralateral MR imaging.

TL;DR: Among MR imaging-detected breast lesions referred for biopsy, carcinoma was found in 25%, of which half were DCIS, and features with the highest PPV were spiculated margin, rim enhancement, and irregular shape for mass lesions and segmental or clumped linear and ductal enhancement for nonmass lesions.

TL;DR: The likelihood of carcinoma was significantly higher among lesions with a US correlate (43% carcinoma) than lesions without a US correlation (14%) and the frequency of cancer was significantlyHigher for lesions that were detected with MR imaging and had a US correlates than for those that did not have aUS correlate.

TL;DR: MRI was significantly more sensitive than mammography in DCIS detection and may have an important role to play in assessing the extent of disease in the breast in women with known or suspected DCIS.