Mammography

Resonancia magnética (RM) de mamas

La resonancia magnética de mamas o la resonancia mamaria es una prueba de imágenes que usa los campos magnéticos y las ondas de radio para crear imágenes generadas por computadora del tejido mamario. Es posible que escuche otras palabras para una resonancia magnética, como:

  • MRI, por sus siglas en inglés

  • RM, por sus siglas en español

  • Resonancia magnética nuclear o RMN

  • Imágenes por resonancia magnética o IRM

¿Por qué se necesita una resonancia magnética de mamas?

Esta prueba tiene muchos usos:

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Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO; 2015-2021 Cancer.Net Editor in Chief
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Second opinions can save lives, especially when it comes to cancer. Dr. Schapira covers the ins and outs of second (and third and fourth) opinions.

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Breast Cancer, Male - Screening

ON THIS PAGE: You will find out more about screening for breast cancer. You will also learn the risks and benefits of screening. Use the menu to see other pages.

Screening is used to look for cancer before you have any symptoms or signs. Scientists have developed, and continue to develop, tests that can be used to screen a person for specific types of cancer. The overall goals of cancer screening are to:

  • Lower the number of people who die from the disease, or eliminate deaths from cancer altogether

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Breast Cancer Screening with Mammography: Sorting Hype from Fact

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Breast Cancer - Screening

ON THIS PAGE: You will find out more about screening for breast cancer. You will also learn the risks and benefits of screening. Use the menu to see other pages.

Screening is used to look for cancer before you have any symptoms or signs. Scientists have developed, and continue to develop, tests that can be used to screen a person for specific types of cancer. The overall goals of breast cancer screening are to:

  • Detect the cancer at an earlier stage of disease, which is when the cancer is most curable

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Breast Cancer - Inflammatory - Diagnosis

ON THIS PAGE: You will find a list of common tests, procedures, and scans that doctors use to find the cause of a medical problem. Use the menu to see other pages.

Doctors use many tests to find, or diagnose, cancer. They also do tests to learn if cancer has spread to another part of the body from where it started. If the cancer has spread, it is called metastasis. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.

Breast MRI

Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging test that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed, computer-generated images of your breast tissue.

Why is a breast MRI needed?

This test has many uses:

  • Screen for breast cancer in people who are at a high risk for the disease or have a personal history of breast cancer.

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