The association of infrared imaging findings of the breast with prognosis in breast cancer patients: an observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate whether infrared (IR) imaging findings are associated with prognosis in patients with invasive breast carcinomas.

Methods

This study was approved by the institutional review board of the research ethics committee of our hospital, and all participants gave written informed consent. From March 2005 to June 2007, we enrolled 143 patients with invasive breast cancer that underwent preoperative IR imaging. We used five IR signs to interpret breast IR imaging. Cox proportional hazards model was used to evaluate the effect of IR signs on long-term mortality.

Results

During a median follow-up of 2451 days (6.7 years), 31 patients died. Based on the Cox Proportional Hazards Model, IR1 sign (the temperature of cancer site minus that of the contralateral m

SUBMITTER: Wu LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4964093 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature