When you go for a mammogram, your doctor will communicate the results using a BI-RADS score. Here’s what the scores mean and your next steps.

BI-RADS stands for Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System. It is an assessment tool used to rate the results of a mammogram test. It also assesses your overall breast tissue density. With more ...

BI-RADS reports also score breast density, which assesses how much fatty, glandular, and fibrous tissue you have in your breasts. Dense breast tissue can make it harder detect breast cancer on a ...

Multicenter trial finds BI-RADS 3 breast lesions have low cancer rate Date: August 20, 2013 Source: Radiological Society of North America Summary: Based on data from a multi-site imaging trial ...

A multicenter American College of Radiology Imaging Network trial has determined that breast lesions categorized as BI-RADS 3 or probably benign have low malignancy rates, suggesting that follow ...

A large, multicenter study found that the Breast Imaging and Reporting Data Systems (BI-RADS) terminology used by radiologists to classify breast imaging results is useful in predicting malignancy ...

BI-RADS 1 means that the mammogram was negative (ie, no cancer) and that you should continue your routine annual screening. Negative mammogram does not mean that it is the end of screening.

The researchers analyzed the screening ultrasound exams and follow-up data of 2,662 trial participants recruited between 2004 and 2006. Of the 2,662 women, 519 had a total of 745 BI-RADS 3 lesions ...

A BI-RADS score of 5 was assigned to 14 women in the study. Eleven of the 14 women had follow-up imaging, and cancer was identified in 10 of them for a positive predictive value of 71 percent.

Descriptors from the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) lexicon for ultrasound can be useful in differentiating benign from malignant solid masses, according to a new study by ...

"BI-RADS was developed to standardize the lexicon of breast imaging reports and to help ensure patients receive proper follow-up," said Mary C. Mahoney, M.D, ...

Of the 745 BI-RADS 3 lesions, six were malignant for a total malignancy rate of 0.8 percent. The average size of the detected cancers among the BI-RADS 3 lesions was 10 millimeters.