Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer – In Respect to Expectations of Participants in Screening Programs and to Contemporary Research in Imaging Methods

Abstract

On the background of new research results in screening of breast cancer, together with the expectation of the participants in a screening for breast cancer, the conventional mammography requires supplementation by means of tomosynthesis or additive ultrasound. Alternatively, ultrasound now seems to be an independent method of early detection of breast cancer because of its superior sensitivity, especially in the case of aggressive mammary carcinoma types. The MRI remains at present still a preferred method in high-risk cases and as an additive examination in case of insufficient presentation of the glandular tissue by conventional methods. MRI is also preoperatively valuable for more accurately measuring the extent of multifocal carcinomas. Key wordsbrest cancer screening, mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MRI Aim This paper focuses on contemporary results of research with regard to the three main modalities in breast imaging: mammography, breast ultrasound and MRI.Recommendations for diagnostic procedures are orientated on expectations of the participant in screening in relation to contemporary research.