Angiogenesis in Early Breast Cancer for Prognosis Prediction

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient with a breast mass highly suspicious for malignancy from clinical, mammographic or sonographic examination. * The study has been explained to the patient when she is scheduled for surgery. * Healthy normal volunteers for imaging protocol optimization. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Patients with implanted surgical clips (hemostatic clips) or other ferromagnetic material, * Patients engaged in occupations or activities which may cause accidental lodging of ferromagnetic materials, or who may have imbedded metal fragments from military activities, * Patients with metallic implants, because they may cause artifacts in diagnostic images due to magnetic field distortion, * Patients with implanted prosthetic heart valves, * Patients with pacemakers, neuro-stimulation devices, * A breast mass with features of benign tumor * The patients unwilling to participate in the study or fail to sign the consent form