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The correlation of background parenchymal enhancement in the contralateral breast with patient and tumor characteristics of MRI-screen detected breast cancers.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Vreemann Suzan, Gubern-Mérida Albert, Borelli Cristina, Bult Peter, Karssemeijer Nico, Mann Ritse M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Higher background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) could be used for stratification of MRI screening programs since it might be related to a higher breast cancer risk. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to correlate BPE to patient and tumor characteristics in women with unilateral MRI-screen detected breast cancer who participated in an intermediate and high risk screening program. As BPE in the...
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