Preoperative Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced and Diffusion-Weighted Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings for Prediction of Lymphovascular Invasion of the Lesions in Node-Negative Invasive Breast Cancer
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Preoperative Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced and Diffusion-Weighted Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings for Prediction of Lymphovascular Invasion of the Lesions in Node-Negative Invasive Breast Cancer
Purpose: Our single-centre retrospective study aimed to investigate the relationship between preoperative dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) findings and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and lymphovascular invasion (LVI) status of the lesions in patients with clinically-radiologically lymph node-negative invasive breast cancer. Methods: A total of 250 breast lesions diagnosed in preoperative magnetic resonance imaging were identified. All patients were divided into 2 subgroups: LVI-negative and LVI-positive according to the pathological findings of surgical specimens. The 2 groups’ DCE-MRI findings, ADC values, and histopathological results of lesions were compared. Results: LVI was detected in 100 of 250 lesions. Younger age than 45 years and larger lesion size than 20 mm were found to be associated with the presence of LVI (P < .001). High histological and nuclear grade (P = .001), HER2-enriched molecular subtype (P = .001), and Ki-67 positivity (P = .016) were significantly associated with LVI. The LVI positivity rate was significantly higher in the lesions with medium-rapid initial phase kinetic curve and washout delayed phase kinetic curve (P = .001). The presence of LVI was significantly associated with the presence of peritumoural edema, sentinel lymph node metastasis, adjacent vessel sign, and increased whole breast vascularity (P < .001). When diffusion-weighted imaging findings were evaluated, it was determined that tumoural ADC values lower than 1068 × 10−6 mm2/second (P = .002) and peritumoural-tumoural ADC ratios higher than 1.5 (P = .001) statistically increased the probability of LVI. Conclusion: The patient’s age, various histopathological and DCE-MRI findings, tumoural ADC value, and peritumoural-tumoural ADC ratio may be useful in the preoperative prediction of LVI status in breast cancer lesions.
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