MRI breast screening not cost-effective
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Printer-friendly versionAlthough more sensitive than mammography, the benefits of using MRI to screen young women with a high risk of developing breast cancer do not appear to justify the higher cost when measured in quality-adjusted life-years.
From: BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:9 (13 January 2009)
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