Contrast-enhanced Spectral Mammography (CESM) Breast Cancer Screening
Willingness of Women to Undergo a Contrast-enhanced Spectral Mammography (CESM) for Breast Cancer Screening and Their Experience Before and After CESM
University of Virginia
210 participants
Sep 19, 2019
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how well women may adopt a Contrast-enhanced Spectral Mammography (CESM) as their yearly breast screening test compared to the standard 2-D or 3-D mammogram.
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Interventions
CESM is a mammogram performed after the injection of IV contrast. CESM is used most often when additional information is needed after a standard mammogram. CESM has also been used to determine the extent of a known breast cancer, to screen patients at high risk for developing breast cancer due to a family history or positive cancer genes, and for women with dense breast tissue. Two images are taken almost at the same time during the exam, after the iodine based contrast injection is administered. The first image is comparable to a regular mammogram. The second image shows areas that take up the contrast (enhance) showing increased blood flow. Breast cancers often enhance with contrast due to a greater amount of blood vessels. Non-cancerous lesions can also have greater blood flow.
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NCT04904757