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Vascular characterisation of triple negative breast carcinomas using dynamic MRI.
European radiology - 1 Jul 2011
Li Sonia P, Padhani Anwar R, Taylor N Jane, Beresford Mark J, Ah-See Mei-Lin W, Stirling J James, d'Arcy James A, Collins David J, Makris Andreas
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Triple-negative (ER-/PR-/HER2-) breast carcinomas (TNBC) are aggressive tumours with underexplored imaging features. This study investigates whether their vascular characteristics as assessed by dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) and dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced (DSC) MRI are distinct from the prognostically more favourable ER+/PR+/HER2- cancers. METHODS: Patients with primary breast cancer...
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