Article
Effect of breast cancer phenotype on diagnostic performance of MRI in the prediction to response to neoadjuvant treatment.
European journal of radiology - 1 Sept 2014
Bufi Enida, Belli Paolo, Di Matteo Marialuisa, Terribile Daniela, Franceschini Gianluca, Nardone Luigia, Petrone Gianluigi, Bonomo Lorenzo
Abstract excerpt
AIM: The estimation of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is useful in the surgical decision in breast cancer. We addressed the diagnostic reliability of conventional MRI, of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and of a merged criterion coupling morphological MRI and DWI. Diagnostic performance was analysed separately in different tumor subtypes, including HER2+ (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2)/HR+...
Topics
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
- Breast Neoplasms
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Female
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Middle Aged
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Phenotype
- Predictive Value of Tests
