Items Tagged ‘screening’

December 23, 2009

MRI Often Rejected over Fear, Inconvenience

By Kelley Luckstein

Many women at elevated breast cancer risk may refuse MRI as part of their screening program, largely because of fear and inconvenience, researchers found… Claustrophobia was by far the top reason given for turning down MRI screening, cited by 25.4% of women approached, according Wendie A. Berg, MD, PhD, of Johns Hopkins, and colleagues…   […]

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Tags: Breast Cancer, MRI, screening


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