Variation of Breast Vascular Maps on Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI After Primary Chemotherapy of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

Variation of Breast Vascular Maps on Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI After Primary Chemotherapy of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
Laura Martincich, Ilaria Bertotto, Filippo Montemurro, Riccardo Ponzone, Luca A. Carbonaro, Daniele Regge, and Francesco Sardanelli
AJR 2011; 196:1214-1218

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Before primary chemotherapy, DCE-MRI vascular maps were asymmetrically increased ipsilaterally to the LABC. After primary chemotherapy, vascular maps significantly changed only in the breast harboring the cancer, with significant differences between responders and nonresponders.