Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The use of MR imaging in breast cancer is increasing. In recent years, MRI has been gaining use as a modality that can provide important information about breast cancer lesions. Our aim was to determine if any significant relationship existed between dynamic MRI findings and factors which are currently being used to establish prognosis.

METHODS

Eighty-one patients with a diagnosis of invasive breast carcinoma and breast MRI were retrospectively reviewed and included in the study. Kinetic MRI features were determined on breast MR images, histopathological results were reviewed and prognostic factors were recorded.

RESULTS

Thirty-five patients’ initial enhancement was lower than fifty percent, while 18 patients were between fifty and one hundred percent and 28 patients higher than one hundred percent. Our study is one of the latter, we could not identify any significant relationships between initial enhancement characteristics and dynamic curve types with any of the analyzed prognostic factors.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

Although imaging can provide important data in the identification, diagnosis, and evaluation of many types of disease; imaging findings do not always correlate with patient clinic and prognosis. Up until now, studies on this matter have mostly found nothing of high significance; our study was no exception, however some of the data reported in this study can influence future studies.