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ArticleRadiology. Imaging cancer2026

Automated Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Measurement of Breast Tumors in Diffusion-weighted MRI for Early Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response Assessment.

Nu N Le, Wen Li, Lisa J Wilmes, Natsuko Onishi, Jessica E Gibbs, Deep Hathi, Pouya Metanat, Bonnie N Joe, John Kornak, Dariya Malyarenko and 4 more

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Article in Radiology. Imaging cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Nu N LeDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 550 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158.ORCID 0009-0005-5337-4537
Wen LiDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 550 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158.ORCID 0000-0001-6584-363X
Lisa J WilmesDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 550 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158.
Natsuko OnishiDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 550 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158.ORCID 0000-0003-4495-9187
Jessica E GibbsDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 550 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158.ORCID 0000-0003-1785-0899
Deep HathiDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 550 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158.
Pouya MetanatDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 550 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158.ORCID 0000-0003-2905-4080
Bonnie N JoeDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 550 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158.ORCID 0000-0001-9333-1463
John KornakDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.ORCID 0000-0002-0089-0619
Dariya MalyarenkoDepartment of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Thomas L ChenevertDepartment of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.ORCID 0000-0003-1476-4274
Patrick BolanDepartment of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.ORCID 0000-0002-4194-3975
Savannah C PartridgeDepartment of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.ORCID 0000-0001-6370-9111
Nola M HyltonDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 550 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158.ORCID 0000-0002-6747-1662

Funding

The I SPY 2.2 TRIAL: Evolving to Imaging and Molecular Biomarker Response Directed Adaptive Sequential Treatment to Optimize Breast Cancer OutcomesP01CA210961 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Nola M. Hylton-Watson · 2017 to 2026
$22.9M
Elimination of Instrumental Bias for Quantitative Diffusion Imaging in Clinical Oncology TrialsR01CA190299 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MALYARENKO, DARIYA I. · 2015 to 2025
$6.4M
Real-time In Vivo MRI Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Pre-Operative Treatment TrialsR01CA132870 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HYLTON-WATSON, NOLA M., NEWITT, DAVID C · 2008 to 2019
$4.8M
Strategy for combining circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures of tumor burden for prediction of response and outcome in neoadjuvant-treated early breast cancerR01CA255442 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LI, WEN, MAGBANUA, MARK JESUS · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
Quantitative Imaging for Assessing Breast Cancer Response to TreatmentU01CA225427 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HYLTON-WATSON, NOLA M. · 2018 to 2022
$3.2M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA210961NCI NIH HHS R01 CA132870NCI NIH HHS R01 CA190299NCI NIH HHS R01 CA255442NCI NIH HHS U01 CA225427
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose To develop a fully automated method for measuring apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) for breast tumors in diffusion-weighted MRI that is objective, repeatable, and reproducible for assessing early response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Materials and Methods This study was a retrospective analysis of American College of Radiology Imaging Network 6698 trial data (August 2012-January 2015). Regions of interest (ROIs) were automatically derived by transferring the tumor ROI from dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI to diffusion-weighted MRI via image registration, and the ΔADC were calculated from baseline to early treatment. The ΔADC performance was assessed for predicting a pathologic complete response (pCR) using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. The analysis was performed in all participants and in subgroups defined by tumor human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status. The reproducibility of automated tumor ADC measurements was assessed in a test-retest subcohort. Results The analysis cohort included 226 participants with breast cancer (mean age, 48 years ± 10 [SD]). Automated ADC measurements were reproducible in the test-retest subcohort (

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Breast NeoplasmsDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingNeoadjuvant TherapyAdultClinical Trials as TopicContrast MediaDynamic Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance ImagingFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMulticenter Studies as TopicPathologic Complete ResponseReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeContrast MediaBreastDCEDiffusion-weighted ImagingDWIDynamic Contrast-enhancedMR-Diffusion-weighted ImagingMR-Dynamic Contrast-enhancedMRIMR ImagingTumor Response

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PMCPMC13435071

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