PMID: 16620062Apr 20, 2006Paper

Preoperative breast ultrasound and Doppler velocimetric findings in patients with breast cancer

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
G M MansourA M Ibrahim

Abstract

To evaluate the role of ultrasound and Doppler velocimetry in the diagnosis of breast cancer. Thirty breast cancer patients, diagnosed by clinical examination, mammography and fine needle aspiration, or trucut biopsy were assessed by breast ultrasound including Doppler velocimetry to evaluate blood flow in the axillary and lateral thoracic arteries. Postoperative histopathological examination proved malignancy in all cases. This cohort was compared to another group of 30 patients with proven benign breast disease and a cross-matched control group of 30 asymptomatic women with no breast disease. In the 30 cancer patients, the size of masses ranged from 1-4 cm (2.51 +/- 1.13), the mean axillary artery resistance index (RI) ranged from 0.8-0.88 (0.84 +/- 0.03), and the lateral thoracic artery RI ranged from 0.45-0.59 (0.55 +/- 0.106). However, power Doppler did not detect any increased perfusion. In the benign group, the lateral thoracic artery RI ranged from 0.78-0.86 (0.85 +/- 0.8) and the axillary artery RI ranged from 0.81-0.89 (0.81 +/- 0.05), while in the control group, the mean lateral thoracic artery RI ranged from 0.85 to 0.89 (0.87 +/- 0.082), and the axillary artery RI ranged from 0.84-0.9 (0.88 +/- 0.16). Statistical a...Continue Reading

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Cancer Imaging

Imaging techniques, including CT and MR, have become essential to tumor detection, diagnosis, and monitoring. Here is the latest research on cancer imaging.

© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved