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ArticleScientific reports2017

Computer-aided evaluation of the correlation between MRI morphology and immunohistochemical biomarkers or molecular subtypes in breast cancer.

Sen Jiang, You-Jia Hong, Fan Zhang, Yang-Kang Li

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Sen JiangDepartment of Radiology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Guangdong, China.
You-Jia HongDepartment of Ultrasound, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Guangdong, China.
Fan ZhangOncology Research Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Guangdong, China.
Yang-Kang LiDepartment of Radiology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Guangdong, China. liyangkang@yahoo.com.

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Abstract

Studies using tumor circularity (TC), a quantitative MRI morphologic index, to evaluate breast cancer are scarce. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the correlation between TC and immunohistochemical biomarkers or molecular subtypes in breast cancer. 146 patients with 150 breast cancers were selected. All tumors were confirmed by histopathology and examined by 3.0T MRI. TC was calculated by computer-aided software. The associations between TC and patient age, tumor size, histological grade, molecular subtypes, and immunohistochemical biomarkers including estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), and Ki67 were analyzed. TC correlated inversely with tumor size (r = -0.224, P < 0.001), ER (r = -0.490, P < 0.001) and PR (r = -0.484, P < 0.001). However, TC correlated positively with Ki67 (r = 0.332, P < 0.001) and histological grade (r = 0.309, P < 0.001). In multiple linear regression analysis, tumor size, ER, PR and Ki67 were independent influential factors of TC. Compared with HER2-overexpressed (61.6%), luminal A (54.7%) and luminal B (52.3%) subtypes, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) showed the highest score of TC (70.8%, P < 0.001). Our study suggests that TC can be used as an imaging biomarker to predict the aggressiveness of newly diagnosed breast cancers. TNBC seems to present as an orbicular appearance when comparing with other subtypes.

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AdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastCarcinoma, LobularErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImmunoenzyme TechniquesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMiddle AgedPrognosisProspective StudiesBiomarkers, TumorERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, Progesterone

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