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MRI finds breast cancer before it becomes dangerous

A study in the Lancet could lead to a change of paradigm in the early diagnosis of breast cancer. It states that magnetic resonance imaging is substantially more accurate than mammography in diagnosing very early stages of breast cancer.

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