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Nicosia L, Rotili A, Pesapane F, Bozzini AC, Battaglia O, Pellegrino G, Fusco N, Porta FM, Frassoni S, Bagnardi V, Corso G, Sangalli C, Cassano E. Contrast-Enhanced Mammography (CEM) compared to Breast Magnetic Resonance (MRI) in the evaluation of breast lobular neoplasia. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2024; 203:135-143. [PMID: 37787819 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-07096-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE To compare the diagnostic performance (detection, assessment of correct disease extent and multifocality/centricity) of Contrast-Enhanced Mammography (CEM) Versus Breast Magnetic Resonance (MRI) in the study of lobular neoplasms. METHODS We retrospectively selected all the patients who underwent surgery for a lobular breast neoplasm, either an in situ or an invasive tumor, and had undergone both breast CEM and MRI examinations during the pre-surgical planning. Wilcoxon Signed Rank test was performed to assess the differences between size measurements using the different methods and the post-surgical pathological measurements, considered the gold standard. The agreement in identifying multifocality/multicentricity among the different methods and the pathology was assessed using the Kappa statistics. RESULTS We selected 19 patients, of which one presented a bilateral neoplasm. Then, the images of these 19 patients were analyzed, for a total of 52 malignant breast lesions. We found no significant differences between the post-surgical pathological size of the lesions and the calculated size with CEM and MRI (p-value of the difference respectively 0.71 and 0.47). In all 20 cases, neoplasm detection was possible both with CEM and MRI. CEM and MRI showed an excellent ability to identify multifocal and multicentric cases (K statistic equal to 0.93 for both the procedures), while K statistic was 0.11 and 0.59 for FFDM and US, respectively. CONCLUSION The findings of this study suggest that CEM is a reliable imaging technique in the preoperative setting of patients with lobular neoplasm, with comparable results to breast MRI.
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- Luca Nicosia
- Breast Imaging Division, Radiology Department, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141, Milan, Italy.
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- Breast Imaging Division, Radiology Department, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141, Milan, Italy
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- Breast Imaging Division, Radiology Department, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141, Milan, Italy
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- Breast Imaging Division, Radiology Department, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141, Milan, Italy
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- Postgraduation School of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- Postgraduation School of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, 20122, Milan, Italy
- Division of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
- School of Pathology, University of Milan, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan-Bicocca, 20126, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan-Bicocca, 20126, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, 20122, Milan, Italy
- Division of Breast Surgery, European Institute of Oncology (IEO), IRCCS, Via Ripamonti, 435, 20141, Milan, Italy
- European Cancer Prevention Organization (ECP), 20122, Milan, Italy
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- European Cancer Prevention Organization (ECP), 20122, Milan, Italy
- Data Management, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141, Milan, Italy
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- Breast Imaging Division, Radiology Department, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141, Milan, Italy
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Park EK, Cho KR, Seo BK, Woo OH, Cho SB, Bae JW. Additional Value of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging to Evaluate Prognostic Factors of Breast Cancer: Correlation with the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient. Iran J Radiol 2016; 13:e33133. [PMID: 27127582 PMCID: PMC4841913 DOI: 10.5812/iranjradiol.33133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease with diverse prognoses. The main prognostic determinants are lymph node status, tumor size, histological grade, and biological factors, such as hormone receptors, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), Ki-67 protein levels, and p53 expression. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) can be used to measure the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) that provides information related to tumor cellularity and the integrity of the cell membranes. OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to evaluate whether ADC measurements could provide information on the prognostic factors of breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 71 women with invasive breast cancer, treated consecutively, who underwent preoperative breast MRIs with DWI at 3.0 Tesla and subsequent surgery, were prospectively included in this study. Each DWI was acquired with b values of 0 and 1000 s/mm(2). The mean ADC values of the lesions were measured, including the entire lesion on the three largest sections. We performed histopathological analyses for the tumor size, lymph node status, histological grade, hormone receptors, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), Ki-67, p53, and molecular subtypes. The associations with the ADC values and prognostic factors of breast cancer were evaluated using the independent-samples t test and the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). RESULTS A low ADC value was associated with lymph node metastasis (P < 0.01) and with high Ki-67 protein levels (P = 0.03). There were no significant differences in the ADC values among the histological grade (P = 0.48), molecular subtype (P = 0.51), tumor size (P = 0.46), and p53 protein level (P = 0.62). CONCLUSION The pre-operative use of the 3.0 Tesla DWI could provide information about the lymph node status and tumor proliferation for breast cancer patients, and could help determine the optimal treatment plan.
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- Eun Kyung Park
- Department of Radiology, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Corresponding author: Kyu Ran Cho, Department of Radiology, Korea University College of Medicine 73, Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea. Tel: +82-29205578, Fax: +82-29293796, E-mail:
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- Department of Radiology, Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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