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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT01035112Sponsor: Stanford UniversityLast updated: 2025-07-02

Summary

To compare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with more well established diagnostic imaging techniques to determine which method best finds and defines breast cancer.

Arms & interventions

  • ProcedureMRI

Outcome measures

Primary

  • To compare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with more well established diagnostic imaging techniques to determine which method best finds and defines breast cancer.

    Time frame: Length of one MRI scan

Eligibility criteria

Sex: FemaleAge: 21 Years and olderHealthy volunteers: Yes
INCLUSION CRITERIA * Female * Documented breast physical examination, * Documented mammography within 3 months of the MR studies * Palpable or mammographically-detected suspect breast lesions * Women who have already undergone lumpectomy for breast cancer and have post-biopsy/post-radiation changes will be eligible if they have mammographically-detected or palpable breast abnormalities which are sufficiently suspicious to merit core needle or surgical biopsy. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: * Male by birth * Able to complete the MR examination. Subjects will be interviewed by one of the investigators for the usual contraindications to * MR contraindications including * Pacemakers * Metallic implants * Severe claustrophobia * Aneurysm clips * Pregnancy * Current lactation * Other conditions precluding proximity to a strong magnetic field. * Received an enhanced MR procedure within 48 hours, * Iodinated contrast within six hours, * Known sensitivity to MR contrast agents, * Not likely to complete the study in full or * Other clinical reason which would preclude participation in the protocol.

Study locations (1)

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, 94305

Recruiting
Jocelyn Steffen · Contact
Bruce Lewis Daniel · Principal Investigator
Brian Andrew Hargreaves · Sub Investigator
Robert J Herfkens · Sub Investigator