MRI Spots Early Breast Cancer In Mice, University of Chicago Press Medical Center Study

ScienceDaily (Oct. 2, 2008) — A new magnetic resonance imaging procedure can detect very early breast cancer in mice, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a precursor to invasive cancer. Some of the tumors detected were less than 300 microns in diameter, the smallest cancers ever detected by MRI.

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