Diffusion-weighted MR imaging increases diagnostic accuracy of breast MR imaging for predicting axillary metastases in breast cancer patients.

Inanc GuvencGary J WhitmanPing LiuCeren YalnizJingfei MaBasak Erguvan Dogan

Published in: The breast journal (2018)

Apparent diffusion coefficient values increase the specificity of CMRI for predicting ipsilateral axillary LN metastases in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
diffusion weighted
diffusion weighted imaging
newly diagnosed
magnetic resonance imaging
lymph node
sentinel lymph node
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
ultrasound guided