MRI in Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Prior to Breast Conserving Surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patient is unable to complete a breast MRI due to such factors as hardware and claustrophobia.
• •No limitations as to other investigational agents. Patients who have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy will not be included in the study due to the limitations of MRI interpretation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and because this represents a distinct scenario for interpretation of breast MRI in comparison with untreated patients.
• •There are no comorbidities that would preclude entry into the study unless the patient is unable to lay still for breast MRI scanning.
• •There are fewer reactions to MRI contrast media, but if there is such a history, the patient will be excluded from consideration.
• •Pregnancy is considered a contraindication given the uncertain effects of breast MRI on the fetus.
• •Cancer survivors are candidates for the study unless the patient has a prior ipsilateral breast tumor.