Tuesday, 20 May 2008

Breast Stromal Enhancement on MRI Is Associated with Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Jona Hattangadi, Catherine Park, James Rembert, Catherine Klifa, Jimmy Hwang, Jessica Gibbs, and Nola Hylton
AJR 2008;190:1630-1636

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From my own group at UCSF - Breast stroma tissue outside the incident tumor can be quantified using signal enhancement ratio analysis on dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI. Stromal signal enhancement ratio is a potential indicator for response to treatment and for overall outcome in patients with breast cancer; however, these results should be validated in a prospective study.

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