Clinicopathological predictors of postoperative upstaging to invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) in patients preoperatively diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): a multi-institutional retrospective cohort study.

Kiyo TanakaNorikazu MasudaNaoki HayashiYasuaki SagaraFumikata HaraTakayuki KadoyaAkira MatsuiChieko MiyazakiTadahiko ShienEriko TokunagaTakako HayashiNaoki NiikuraShigeto MaedaYoshihumi KomoikeHiroko BandoChizuko KanbayashiHiroji Iwata

Published in: Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) (2021)

We identified four independent predictive factors of upstaging to IDC after surgery among patients with DCIS diagnosed by biopsy. The combined use of various predictors of IDC reduces the possibility of postoperative upstaging to IDC, even if the tumor size on MRI is larger than 20 mm.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
patients undergoing
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
magnetic resonance imaging
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
contrast enhanced
diffusion weighted imaging