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Prediction of axillary response by monitoring with ultrasound and MRI during and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

Authors
 Na Lae Eun  ;  Eun Ju Son  ;  Hye Mi Gweon  ;  Jeong-Ah Kim  ;  Ji Hyun Youk 
Citation
 EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY, Vol.30(3) : 1460-1469, 2020 
Journal Title
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
ISSN
 0938-7994 
Issue Date
2020
Keywords
Breast cancer ; Lymph nodes ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Neoadjuvant therapy ; Ultrasound
Abstract
PURPOSE:

To investigate whether monitoring with ultrasound and MR imaging before, during and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) can predict axillary response in breast cancer patients.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

A total of 131 breast cancer patients with clinically positive axillary lymph node (LN) who underwent NAC and subsequent surgery were enrolled. They had ultrasound and 3.0 T-MR examinations before, during and after NAC. After reviewing ultrasound and MR images, axillary LN features and tumour size (T size) were noted. According to LN status after surgery, imaging features and their diagnostic performances were analysed.

RESULTS:

Of the 131 patients, 60 (45.8%) had positive LNs after surgery. Pre-NAC T size at ultrasound and MR was different in positive LN status after surgery (p < 0.01). There were significant differences in mid- and post-NAC number, cortical thickness (CxT), T size and T size reduction at ultrasound and mid- and post-NAC CxT, hilum, T size and T size reduction, and post-NAC ratio of diameter at MR (p < 0.03). On multivariate analysis, pre-NAC MR T size (OR, 1.03), mid-NAC ultrasound T size (OR, 1.05) and CxT (OR, 1.53), and post-NAC MR T size (OR, 1.06) and CxT (OR, 1.64) were independently associated with positive LN (p < 0.004). Combined mid-NAC ultrasound T size and CxT showed the best diagnostic performance with AUC of 0.760.

CONCLUSION:

Monitoring ultrasound and MR axillary LNs and T size can be useful to predict axillary response to NAC in breast cancer patients.

KEY POINTS:

• Monitoring morphologic features of LNs is useful to predict axillary response. • Monitoring tumour size by imaging is useful to predict axillary response. • The axillary ultrasound during NAC showed the highest diagnostic performance.
Full Text
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00330-019-06539-4
DOI
10.1007/s00330-019-06539-4
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Radiology (영상의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Gweon, Hye Mi(권혜미) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3054-1532
Kim, Jeong Ah(김정아) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-4913
Son, Eun Ju(손은주) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7895-0335
Youk, Ji Hyun(육지현) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7787-780X
Eun, Na Lae(은나래) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7299-3051
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/175523
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