Morphological MR features and quantitative ADC evaluation in invasive breast cancer: Correlation with prognostic factors.
OBJECTIVE
Assess the correlation between MRI characteristics of invasive breast cancer and tumor prognostic features.


MATERIALS AND METHODS
95 women with invasive breast cancer underwent pre-treatment MR. Morphological findings and quantitative ADC were retrospectively evaluated.


RESULTS
Smaller size, round shape, spiculated margins and homogeneous internal enhancement pattern on dynamic MRI were independently associated with established predictors of good prognosis, while larger size and rim enhancement pattern were related to predictors of poor prognosis. A positive correlation was observed between ADC value and clinical stage.


CONCLUSIONS
MRI may be a useful tool for breast cancer aggressiveness prediction and for guiding subsequent clinical-therapeutic management.
['Boria|Francesca|F|', 'Tagliati|Corrado|C|', 'Baldassarre|Silvia|S|', 'Ercolani|Paola|P|', 'Marconi|Elisabetta|E|', 'Simonetti|Barbara Franca|BF|', 'Santinelli|Alfredo|A|', 'Giuseppetti|Gian Marco|GM|']
D000328:Adult D000368:Aged D001940:Breast D001943:Breast Neoplasms D018450:Disease Progression D005260:Female D006801:Humans D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging D008875:Middle Aged D011379:Prognosis D012189:Retrospective Studies
ADC Breast cancer Prognostic factors MRI