Functional hemodynamic imaging markers for the prediction of pathological outcomes in breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Bin DengAilis MuldoonJayne CormierNathaniel D MercaldoElizabeth NiehoffNatalie MoffettMansi A SaksenaSteven J IsakoffStefan A CarpPublished in: Journal of biomedical optics (2024)
These findings suggest that breast DOT could be used to assist response assessment in women undergoing NACT, a critical but unmet clinical need, and potentially enable personalized adjustments of treatment regimens.
Keyphrases
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- locally advanced
- lymph node
- sentinel lymph node
- high resolution
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- type diabetes
- breast cancer risk
- squamous cell carcinoma
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- rectal cancer
- pregnancy outcomes
- insulin resistance
- mass spectrometry
- early stage
- young adults
- radiation therapy
- skeletal muscle
- pregnant women
- weight loss
- clinical evaluation