Mamografía contrastada y resonancia magnética como herramientas para el diagnóstico de cáncer de mama

Abstract

Introduction: Breast cancer is a disease of great interest and relevance for public health systems. The prevalence and mortality rates reflect the need to find effective techniques with high sensitivity and specificity for its diagnosis. Some studies indicate that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and mammography contrasted with an iodinated medium are diagnostic imaging tools. These tools not only enable the identification of breast lesions with equal or greater effectiveness compared to MRI but also present a significant reduction in the implementation and application costs, as existing mammographic devices’ software systems can be updated.

General Objective: To describe contrast mammography and magnetic resonance imaging as diagnostic methods for breast cancer.

Methodology: This paper is a qualitative, descriptive literature review.

Results: The sensitivity and specificity of MRI for breast cancer diagnosis range from 85.3% to 100% and 50% to 52.6%, respectively. On the other hand, contrast mammography shows a 93%-100% sensitivity and 63%-88% specificity.

Conclusions: Due to its high sensitivity and specificity and the possibility of using existing mammographic systems, contrast mammography emerges as the preferred method for detecting breast cancer.