Confirmed value of shear wave elastography for ultrasound characterization of breast masses using a conservative approach in Chinese women: a large-size prospective multicenter trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to investigate the value of shear wave elastography (SWE) for characterization of breast masses in a Chinese population.

Patients and methods

Two thousand two hundred seventy-three women consented to be prospectively enrolled for the characterization of breast masses with ultrasound and SWE. Breast masses were known from symptoms, palpability, and/or previous imaging screening with mammography and/or ultrasound. Correlation of SWE qualitative and quantitative features with malignancy risk and impact on diagnostic performance of combining SWE features were assessed, and the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) scoring was calculated using histopathology as reference.

Results

Data of 2,262 masses (median size: 13 mm; range: 1.3-50)

SUBMITTER: Lin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6187919 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature