ArticleEuropean radiology2022
Combining conventional ultrasound and sonoelastography to predict axillary status after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.
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- Comparing shear wave elastography of breast tumors and axillary nodes in the axillary assessment after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with node-positive breast cancer.La Radiologia medica · 2024Article
- Non-invasive evaluation of testicular torsion using ultrasound shear wave elastography: an experimental study.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2024Article
- Deep Learning of Multimodal Ultrasound: Stratifying the Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Before Treatment.The oncologist · 2024Article
- Prediction of pathological complete response of breast cancer patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a nomogram based on clinicopathologic variables, ultrasound, and MRI.The British journal of radiology · 2024Article
- Development and validation of a combined ultrasound-pathology model to predict axillary status after neoadjuvant systemic therapy in breast cancer.International journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Noninvasive prediction of node-positive breast cancer response to presurgical neoadjuvant chemotherapy therapy based on machine learning of axillary lymph node ultrasound.Journal of translational medicine · 2023Article
- Biomimetic nanoparticles drive the mechanism understanding of shear-wave elasticity stiffness in triple negative breast cancers to predict clinical treatment.Bioactive materials · 2023Article
- Surgical Planning after Neoadjuvant Treatment in Breast Cancer: A Multimodality Imaging-Based Approach Focused on MRI.Cancers · 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
objectiveTo determine the ability of conventional ultrasound (US) combined with shear wave elastography (SWE) to reveal axillary status after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer patients.
methodsFrom September 2016 to December 2021, 201 patients with node-positive breast cancer who underwent NAC were enrolled in this prospective study. Conventional US features of axillary lymph nodes and SWE characteristics of breast lesions after NAC were analyzed. The diagnostic performances of US, SWE, and their combination were assessed using multivariate logistic regression and receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC) analyses.
resultsThe area under the ROC curve (AUC) for the ability of conventional US features to determine axillary status after NAC was 0.82, with a sensitivity of 85.23%, a specificity of 67.39%, and an accuracy of 76.11%. Shear wave velocity (SWV) displayed moderate performance for predicting axilla status after NAC with SWV
conclusionsBreast SWE was independently associated with residual metastasis of axillary node after NAC in patients with initially diagnosed positive axilla. Combining SWE with conventional US showed good diagnostic performance for axillary node disease after NAC. KEY POINTS: • Breast SWE can serve as a supplement to axilla US for the evaluation of the axilla after NAC. • The combination of axilla US with breast SWE may be a promising method to facilitate less-invasive treatment in patients receiving NAC.
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