Response Predictivity to Neoadjuvant Therapies in Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Analysis of Background Parenchymal Enhancement in DCE-MRI.
Daniele La ForgiaAngela VestitoMaurilia LasciarreaMaria Colomba ComesSergio DiotaiutiFrancesco GiottaAgnese LatorreVito LorussoRaffaella MassafraGennaro PalmiottiLucia RinaldiRahel SignorileGianluca GattaAnnarita FanizziPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2021)
The measured variability of this parameter during therapy could predict therapy effectiveness in early stages, improving decision-making in the perspective of personalized medicine. Our preliminary results suggest that BPE may represent a predictive factor in response to neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer, warranting future investigations in conjunction with radiomics.