Magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of breast cancer metastases in the brain (a brief review of the literature)

Abstract

Breast cancer occupies the 1st place in the structure of oncological morbidity and mortality in the female population in the Russian Federation and is the second most common metastasis of primary solid malignant tumor after lung cancer, and the incidence of these often fatal lesions is currently increasing after improving systemic treatment.At the same time, the prognosis of patients who develop metastatic brain damage is usually unfavorable, since few of them live longer than 1 year.The purpose of the study: to analyze recent studies related to the use of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of breast cancer metastases in the brain.Conclusion. If there are characteristic results of MRI studies indicating the presence of possible primary gliomas of the brain, and not metastases, surgical intervention (biopsy) is necessary for histopathological studies, in order to finally establish the diagnosis of the underlying disease.