Article
Role of the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in the Prediction of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer.
Clinical breast cancer - 1 Oct 2015
Bufi Enida, Belli Paolo, Costantini Melania, Cipriani Antonio, Di Matteo Marialuisa, Bonatesta Angelo, Franceschini Gianluca, Terribile Daniela, Mulé Antonino, Nardone Luigia, Bonomo Lorenzo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the diagnostic performance of the baseline diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the prediction of a complete pathologic response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in patients with breast cancer stratified according to the tumor phenotype. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively studied 225 patients with stage II, III, and IV breast cancer...
Topics
- Adult
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Breast Neoplasms
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Phenotype
- Retrospective Studies