Diffusion-weighted Imaging Allows for Downgrading MR BI-RADS 4 Lesions in Contrast-enhanced MRI of the Breast to Avoid Unnecessary Biopsy.
Paola ClauserKathrin Barbara KrugHubert BickelMatthias DietzelKatja PinkerVictor-Frederic NeuhausMaria Adele MarinoMarco MoschettaNicoletta TroianoThomas H HelbichPascal Andreas Thomas BaltzerPublished in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2021)
An ADC cutoff of ≥1.5 × 10-3 mm2/second allows downgrading of lesions classified as BI-RADS 4 on breast CE-MRI. One-third of unnecessary biopsies could thus be avoided.