Incidental radiologic findings at breast cancer diagnosis and likelihood of disease recurrence.

ABSTRACT: Despite guidelines recommending against its routine use, perioperative imaging for distant metastases is frequently performed in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients, uncovering incidental findings of uncertain significance. We assessed the clinical significance of incidental findings by determining if their presence is associated with disease recurrence. A retrospective review of staging imaging was performed in patients with stage II or III invasive breast cancer diagnosed during 2008-2009 at a large academic medical center. Data related to perioperative imaging and disease recurrence were abstracted from the medical record. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess the association between incidental findings and time to disease recurrence. A total of

SUBMITTER: Brothers JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4734930 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature