Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40183820›Full record

SynthesisLangenbeck's archives of surgery2025

The effect of pre-operative MRI on the in-breast tumor recurrence rate of patients with breast cancer: a meta-analysis.

Mahdieh Khoshzaban Banisi, Hani Ghadri, Behnaz Soltani, Amirali Farshid, Bahar Behnam, Amir Abbas Rhouholamini, Amirhossein Mohammadi, Seyedeh Fatemeh Hamzavi, Ashkan Azizi, Niloofar Deravi and 5 more

Abstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Mahdieh Khoshzaban Banisi *Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hani Ghadri *School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Behnaz Soltani *Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Jondishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Amirali FarshidStudents Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Bahar BehnamStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amir Abbas RhouholaminiStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amirhossein MohammadiStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyedeh Fatemeh HamzaviStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ashkan AziziStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Niloofar DeraviStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Masoud NorooziDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran. 2000noroozi@gmail.com.
Amin MagsudyTabriz Branch, Faculty of Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran, Islamic Republic of. Aminmgsudy@gmail.com.
Sina SeyedipourJiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran. Sina.seyedipour@gmail.com.
Shima BehzadIndependent Researcher, Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Yaser KhakpourFaculty of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe impact of preoperative MRI on breast cancer recurrence and long-term outcomes remains undefined. Therefore, this study aims at determining the influence of preoperative MRI on in-breast tumor recurrence rates in cases of surgical treatment for breast cancer.

methodsA systematic review and meta-analysis were performed. Literature searches of PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar were conducted for studies up to February 2024. Two authors assessed the quality of the eligible studies and extracted their data.

resultsThe meta-analysis included 14 studies (2 RCTs, 12 cohort studies) with 12,889 patients with 5,451 undergoing preoperative MRI. Pooled hazard ratio for in-breast tumor recurrence was 0.95, using fixed effects and 0.94 using random effects models with 95% confidence intervals of 0.80-1.14 and 0.77-1.14, respectively. A trend towards lower recurrence rates in the MRI group was seen, but the reduction was not statistically significant.

conclusionThis meta-analysis found no significant reduction in in-breast tumor recurrence rates associated with preoperative MRI use in breast cancer patients, consistent with previous findings.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPreoperative CareFemaleHumansMastectomyBreast neoplasmsMagnetic resonance imagingMeta-analysisPreoperative evaluationRecurrence

Identifiers

PMID40183820
PMCPMC11971173

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.