ArticleBreast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)2022
Usefulness of new shear wave elastography in early predicting the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with breast cancer: where and when to measure is optimal?
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- Ultrasound for predicting pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Development and evaluation of clinical models based on ultrasound, serum CA153 and molecular subtype in predicting the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer.Oncology letters · 2026Article
- The utilization of CEUS and SWE for predicting pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for invasive breast cancer.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Emerging technologies for monitoring breast cancer response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a systematic scoping review.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2026Review
- Quantitative ultrasound assessment of gastrocnemius muscle changes in patients with knee osteoarthritis.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Article
- Prediction of Pathological Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Primary Breast Cancer Comparing Interim Shear Wave Elastography Versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025Observational
- Predicting lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma: radiomics using two types of ultrasound elastography.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2025Article
- Correlation between Baseline Conventional Ultrasounds, Shear-Wave Elastography Indicators, and Neoadjuvant Therapy Efficacy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: an evaluation of its efficacy and research progress.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Review
- The potential role of combined shear wave elastography and superb microvascular imaging for early prediction the pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the diagnosis performance of new shear wave elastography (sound touch elastography, STE) in the prediction of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) response at an early stage in breast cancer patients and to determine the optimal measurement locations around the lesion in different ranges.
methodsOne hundred and eight patients were analyzed in this prospective study from November 2018 to December 2020. All patients completed NAC treatment and underwent STE examination at three time points [the day before NAC (t0); the day before the second course (t1); the day before third course (t2)]. The stiffness of the whole lesion (G), 1-mm shell (S1) and 2-mm shell (S2) around the lesion was expressed by STE parameters. The relative changes (∆stiffness) of STE parameters after the first and second course of NAC were calculated and shown as the variables [Δ(t1) and Δ(t2)]. The diagnostic accuracy of STE was evaluated by means of receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.
resultsThe ∆stiffness (%) including ∆G
conclusionsMeasuring the relative changes in the stiffness of surrounding tissue or entire lesion with STE holds promise for effectively predicting the response to NAC at its early stage for breast cancer patients and ∆stiffness of shell 2 mm after the second course of NAC may be a potential prediction parameter.
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