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Table 5 Cancer detection using MRI in breast cancer survivors, review of the literature

From: Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) surveillance in breast cancer survivors

Authors

No. of pts

Cancers/DCIS detected on MRI

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

Liu et al. (2013)

798

45

91.8%

92.2%

59.2%

Gweon et al. (2013)

704

10

83.3%

98%

41.7%

Geiss et al. (2013)

1,498

27a

n/a

n/a

27%

Brennan et al. (2010)

144

18

n/a

n/a

39%

Schacht et al. (2014)

208

6

n/a

n/a

n/a

  1. aThe study included mutation carriers; 7 of the 27 patients (22%) were known BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers.