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What is one
disadvantage of MRI?

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MRI is expensive ($1000-$1500) MRI will not be able to find all cancers (i.e. breast cancers indicated by microcalcifications) MRI cannot always distinguish between malignant tumors or benign disease (such as breast fibroadenomas), which could lead to a false positive results.
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MRI is expensive. MRI will not be able to find all cancers (i.e. breast cancers indicated by microcalcifications) MRI cannot always distinguish between malignant tumors or benign disease (such as breast fibroadenomas), which could lead to a false positive results.