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Digital Breast Tomosynthesis versus MRI as an Adjunct to Full-Field Digital Mammography for Preoperative Evaluation of Breast Cancer according to Mammographic Density.

Haejung KimSo Yeon YangJoong Hyun AhnEun Young KoEun Sook KoBoo Kyung HanWoo Kyung Moon
Published in: Korean journal of radiology (2022)
DBT plus FFDM showed an overall higher specificity than that of MRI plus FFDM regardless of breast density, perhaps without substantial loss in sensitivity and NPV in the diagnosis of additional cancers. Thus, DBT may have the potential to be used as a preoperative breast cancer staging tool.
Keyphrases
  • contrast enhanced
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • patients undergoing
  • diffusion weighted imaging
  • breast cancer risk
  • computed tomography
  • magnetic resonance
  • lymph node
  • image quality
  • pet ct
  • structural basis