The researchers gave women with no or little health insurance either MRI screenings or traditional mammograms depending on their risk for breast cancer. MRI screenings in the high-risk group detected seven cancers, suggesting that although the MRI imaging is more expensive than mammograms, it could be effective for high-risk women.
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