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Went to new facility and breast surgeon stated only annual mri because believes mammo is useless since i have extremely dense tissue...but now there is a hold on mri reading until i get mammo done, stated that is hospital radiology policy, why?
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Mamo first: Mammograms are usual first option. Contrary to what you wrote MRI may be needed for someone with dense breasts.
Answered 5/21/2019
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