Role of MR imaging in predicting the extent of local breast cancer / Ressonancia magnetica na avaliação da extensão local do carcinoma mamario

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2008

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Introduction: Predicting the extent of local breast cancer is essential for making the choice between breast-conservation treatment and mastectomy. Aim: To determine whether preoperative breast magnetic resonance (MR) could predict size of index tumor, multifocality and multicentricity. Patients and methods: Twenty women with unilateral end unifocal breast cancer scheduled for mastectomy underwent breast MR. Measurements in the three diameters were taken in millimeters (mm) and other foci of contrast uptake were evaluated. The anatomopathologic (AP) result of the mastectomy specimen included measurements in the three diameters of the index tumor, taken in millimeters, and other foci of tumor. Results: The concordance index was calculated for each diameter and was 95% for longitudinal diameter and 85% for antero-posterior and transversal diameters. The MR sensitivity and specificity for multifocal disease was 78% and 82% and for multicentric disease was 81% and 100%, respectively. The Kappa index was 0,6 for multifocality and 0.63 for multicentricity. Conclusion: MR can be used as a complementary method for surgical planning

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breast mamas - cancer

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