Tuesday 17 April 2018

Breast MRI- A viable method to solve cancer


Breast MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) employs radio and magnetic waves to create high-quality and proper photos of the interior of the breast. This method comes in handy to analyze the cases of women who are already undergoing their treatment for cancer. This technique helps in determining the size of the cancer, and searching for tumors in both breasts. But MRI is never advised as a screening process, since it can overlook details important to the case, which a 3D mammogram does not fail to do.
Tyrer-Cuzick estimation is provided to those women who are:
·       Not affected by breast cancer
·       Are negative for gene mutation related to breast cancer
·       Have no family members with mutated genes
As mammograms are done with specific equipment to successfully analyze a condition, similarly special tools are required for conducting a breast MRI. The MRI machine has numerous breast coils, although it is a sad thing that not every hospital or medical center has proper breast MRI equipment. Instead of radiations, very strong magnets are used to complete this process. The magnets map the condition of the breast and produces very well detailed cross-sectional photos of the concerned area. MRI can also produce images of tissues which sometimes go overlooked.
Mostly, professionals complement a breast MRI with a mammography and ultrasound. They must not be mistaken as alternatives, rather as diagnostic tools which help in the better understanding of the problem at hand. MRI has been successful in detecting lesions in the breast, which can be missed by mammography, and is recommended whole-heartedly by experts.

Wednesday 11 April 2018

What You Should Do If You Have DenseBreast Tissue

Dense breast tissues type is one of the known threats for breast malignancies. Higher solidity does not just increase the danger of melanoma, but is also makes it difficult to be able to identify melanoma using a mammogram.