Accuracy of MR Imaging for Revealing Residual Breast Cancer in Patients Who Have Undergone Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

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Authors

Savannah C. Partridge · University of California, San Francisco

Jessica Gibbs · University of California, San Francisco

Ying Lü · University of California, San Francisco

Laura J. Esserman · Cancer Research Institute

Dan Sudilovsky · Marin Endocrine Care and Research

Nola M. Hylton · University of California, San Francisco

Abstract

The high correlation between measurements of residual disease obtained on MR images and those obtained at pathology validates the sensitivity of MR imaging of the breast after chemotherapy.

Topics & Keywords

MRI in cancer diagnosis Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Roentgenology

Volume 179, Issue 5, pp. 1193-1199

DOI: 10.2214/ajr.179.5.1791193

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