Comparison of MRI and Molecular Breast Imaging in Breast Diagnostic Evaluation
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the sensitivity of Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) relative to MRI of the breast in patients undergoing MRI for a clinical concern, or abnormal diagnostic mammogram and/or ultrasound study.
Description
Background: Breast MRI has excellent sensitivity, but is very expensive and suffers from low specificity. Additional benign biopsies are prompted by MRI in 24-40% of patients. Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) is a new nuclear medicine technique developed at Mayo. Preliminary MBI results indicate a sensitivity of ~88% for the detection of tumors < 10 mm. The cost of an MBI procedure is expected to be a factor of 5 less than an MRI examination.
Hypothesis: MBI has a comparable sensitivity to MRI at a significantly lower cost.
Study Design: A total of 120 patients will be studied. All patients will have been scheduled for bilateral breast MRI for a clinical concern, problem solving, or abnormal mammogram and/or ultrasound study. All patients will undergo MBI within 3 weeks of the MRI examination.
Potential Outcomes: This study will provide valuable information on the sensitivity of MBI relative to MRI, and to determine if this new technique can be eventually developed as an alternative to MRI for problem solving.
Study Design
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Conditions
Breast Cancer
Intervention
Molecular Breast Imaging
Location
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minnesota
United States
55905
Status
Recruiting
Source
Mayo Clinic
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00591864
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Inflammatory Breast Neoplasms
Metastatic breast cancer characterized by EDEMA and ERYTHEMA of the affected breast due to LYMPHATIC METASTASIS and eventual obstruction of LYMPHATIC VESSELS by the cancer cells.
Ultrasonography, Mammary
Use of ultrasound for imaging the breast. The most frequent application is the diagnosis of neoplasms of the female breast.
Mucin-1
Carbohydrate antigen elevated in patients with tumors of the breast, ovary, lung, and prostate as well as other disorders. The mucin is expressed normally by most glandular epithelia but shows particularly increased expression in the breast at lactation and in malignancy. It is thus an established serum marker for breast cancer.
Breast Cyst
A fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM and found in the BREAST. It may appear as a single large cyst in one breast, multifocal, or bilateral in FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE.
Breast Neoplasms
Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST.
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