ArticlePloS one2017
The Impact of Pre-Operative Breast MRI on Surgical Waiting Time.
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- LONG-TERM SURVIVAL EFFECTS OF PREOPERATIVE BREAST MRI IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST-CONSERVING SURGERY.Acta clinica Croatica · 2022Article
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- Utilization of breast MRI and breast MRI-guided biopsy in clinical practice: results of a survey in Québec and France.Insights into imaging · 2020Article
- Factors influencing the time to surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2020Article
- The Impact of Preoperative Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Surgical Management in Symptomatic Patients With Invasive Lobular Carcinoma.Breast cancer : basic and clinical research · 2020Article
- Surgical attitudes toward preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging in women with early-stage breast cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2019Article
- Preoperative imaging for breast conservation surgery-do we need more than conventional imaging for local disease assessment?Gland surgery · 2018Review
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Abstract
purposeTo assess the impact of pre-operative breast MRI on surgical waiting time, and to identify factors contributing to the delay. MATERIALS AND
methodsA retrospective cohort study involving 1274 patients was conducted after obtaining institutional ethics review. Surgical candidates for newly diagnosed breast cancer from 2007 to 2013 at a tertiary center were divided into 2 groups: those who had pre-operative MRI and those who did not. Linear regression using matched populations was used to compare the surgical waiting times, defined as time from the date of the first positive biopsy to the date of surgery. Potential influences on surgical waiting time and subgroup analysis were obtained using median regression analysis and the Kruskal-Wallis test.
resultsMean surgical waiting time was 57.9 days (95% CI: 55.6-60.1) for MRI patients, compared to 46.8 days (95% CI: 45.1-48.9) for the control group, after matching for potential confounding factors (p<0.0001). Increased surgical waiting time was associated with more favorable pathology, later year of diagnosis, older patient age, surgeon and summer time. Second-look ultrasound and subsequent biopsies were associated with increased waiting time (p = 0.001).
conclusionsPre-operative breast MRI increased surgical waiting time by 11 days using a conventional average of differences, and by 12 days after using a full matching statistical method (p<0.0001), with the main contributor being additional post-MRI procedures and imaging.
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