Role of MRI diffusion as an adjunct to contrast enhanced MRI of the breast for the evaluation of breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvent chemotherapy

Role of MRI diffusion as an adjunct to contrast enhanced MRI of the breast for the evaluation of breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvent chemotherapy

Purpose: To assess the role of diffusion weighted MRI in predicting future responders and non-responders in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Materials and methods: Thirty-eight breast cancer patients scheduled for NAC between January 2014 and January 2015 were enrolled in t...

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Main Authors: Hebatalla El Kassas, Maha Helal, Asmaa Abourabia, Naglaa Abd El Razik, Ahmed Farahat, Mohamed Zedan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-12-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Prediction
Response evaluation
MRI techniques
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X16300857

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