CEM Improves Breast Cancer Staging Over Standard Mammography, Review Finds

Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) improves the accuracy of local breast cancer staging compared to mammography alone, with better sensitivity for multifocal and contralateral disease, per a new literature review.

• Narrative review summarizing multiple comparative studies on CEM for preoperative staging.
• CEM demonstrates higher sensitivity than mammography ± ultrasound for detecting additional disease sites (exact figure not reported in source).
• Limitation: aggregate review; wide variation in study designs and reference standards included across primary sources.

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