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Apparent diffusion coefficient cannot predict molecular subtype and lymph node metastases in invasive breast cancer: a multicenter analysis.
BMC cancer - 5 Nov 2019
Surov Alexey, Chang Yun-Woo, Li Lihua, Martincich Laura, Partridge Savannah C, Kim Jin You, Wienke Andreas
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BACKGROUND: Radiological imaging plays a central role in the diagnosis of breast cancer (BC). Some studies suggest MRI techniques like diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) may provide further prognostic value by discriminating between tumors with different biologic characteristics including receptor status and molecular subtype. However, there is much contradictory reported data regarding such associations in the...
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