Many Women Refuse MRIs As reported by Susan G. Komen News December 2009: Despite MRI being one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century, requiring no x-radiation to create the images, would you believe that many women refuse MRIs? In a breast cancer screening study, 42% of intermediate- and high-risk women were offered breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Many women refuse MRI as  the procedure of choice for high risk...