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Because of high costs, limited access, and patient stress associated with being in a confined space, breast cancer screening with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has largely been limited to high-risk women. In a prospective single-center study in Germany, investigators enrolled women who had been referred for breast MRI because of dense breast tissue and/or personal or family histories of breast cancer but normal or benign findings with digital screening mammography and (in many women) breast ultrasound. Participants underwent full diagnostic protocol (FDP) MRI imaging as well as an abbreviated protocol (AP) consisting of subtracted images acquired before and immediately after intravenous administration of contrast material. Among 443 wome…