Breast MRI Spectroscopy, Department of Defense (DOD)
Completed
Conditions studied: Breast Lesion
In brief
The purpose of this new imaging method is to provide physicians with additional information not available with standard imaging methods. This includes information about the make up of different breast diseases. Using spectroscopy data, it may be possible to tell the difference between benign conditions of the breast from malignant tumors and provide more accurate information than can be obtained with regular MRI. Along with the MRI a new method of evaluating the images or pictures will be used. This new method is called spectroscopy and is used routinely on other parts of the body such as the prostate and brain. Pictures produced with this sequence look different than the regular MRI pictures. Performing spectroscopy on a 1.5T magnet adds another imaging sequence (another scan) to the routine MRI protocol, thus increasing exam time (extra 10-15 minutes). This study will enroll patients who are scheduled for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) examination ordered by their primary physician.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00582569
- Run by
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- People needed
- 146
- Starts
- 2006-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-05-13
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient needs to be ≥ or = to 18 years of age
- scheduled for diagnostic breast MRI examination or interventional procedure for a suspected or known breast lesion ≥ or = to 1 centimeter
You may not qualify if…
- Patients who would be normally excluded from undergoing an MRI examination include:
- Patients with a pacemaker, aneurysm clip or any other condition that would warrant avoidance of a strong magnetic field
- Patients who are pregnant are excluded from participation of this study
- Patients who are unable to comply or complete the MRI exam due to claustrophobia or high levels of anxiety.
- Patients undergoing chemotherapy
Where it is running
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
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