Parenchymal enhancement in breast tissue is not an indicator for increased cancer risk

Women with a certain gene mutation are among the high-risk patients for breast cancer. With a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) it is possible to detect tissue with measurable active blood supply which indicates an increased breast cancer risk. Now experts are now exploring whether tissue with active blood supply visible with MRT could indicate a grater risk in those patients without gene mutation. The result: so-called “background parenchymal enhancement” of the breast in these women is not associated with breast cancer.