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BI-RADS 3 – Conclusion

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I want to give some conclusions here

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and thank everyone for their attention.

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I know this is a, I think, a topic a lot of people

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don't like that much, and I'm hoping that going

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over some really classic imaging examples of

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BI-RADS 3 on mammogram, ultrasound, and MRI will

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help to standardize our use of BI-RADS 3 and

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make sure that we're only

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using it when it's appropriate.

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I want to emphasize a few points before we finish.

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So first is that we only want to be using

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BI-RADS 3 for specific imaging findings that have

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evidence that there's a chance of a malignancy greater

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than 0% but less than or equal to 2%.

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This is not an intermediate category that we

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should be using when we're just unsure what to do.

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It should be to follow a very

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specific imaging findings.

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We only want to use BI-RADS 3

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after we've done a full diagnostic workup.

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So we never give BI-RADS 3

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directly from a screening exam.

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And finally, I just want to emphasize that we

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have really good data for these indications for

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BI-RADS 3 on mammogram and ultrasound, and we

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should feel very confident that it's very safe

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to use them for the imaging

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findings that we reviewed today.

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The data for BI-RADS 3 on MRI is still evolving

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and I think this could definitely change in

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the coming years, and we want to be flexible

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in our use of it and following the literature

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so we can make sure that we continue to use

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BI-RADS 3 in an appropriate fashion on MRI.

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I want to thank everybody so much for their

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attention, and I hope that I, uh, I was

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able to clarify this challenging topic.

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Thank you.

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Faculty

Emily B. Ambinder, MD

Assistant Professor - Breast Imaging Division

The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Tags

Women's Health

Ultrasound

Tomosynthesis

Neoplastic

Mammography

MRI

Breast