Relationship between background parenchymal enhancement on breast MRI and pathological tumor response in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Seon Jeong OhEun Young ChaeJoo Hee ChaHee Jung ShinWoo Jung ChoiHak Hee KimPublished in: The British journal of radiology (2018)
The degree of BPE reduction in breast MRI correlates with the pathological tumor response to NAC in breast cancer patients. No significant difference in BPE was observed according to RFS or molecular subtypes of tumors. Advances in knowledge: This study suggests that the change in BPE may have potential as a biomarker of tumor response in breast cancer patients receiving NAC.