Added value of contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) in staging of malignant breast lesions-a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this feasibility study was to evaluate the added value of contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) in preoperative staging of malignant breast lesions, beyond standard assessment with digital mammography and ultrasound, as a base for a future prospective randomized trial.

Materials and methods

Forty-seven patients, with confirmed or strongly suspected malignant breast lesions after standard assessment (digital mammography (DM) and ultrasound (US)), scheduled for primary surgery, were invited to undergo CEM as an additional preoperative procedure. The primary endpoint was change in treatment due to CEM findings, defined as mastectomy instead of partial mastectomy or contrariwise, bilateral surgery instead of unilateral or neoadjuvant treatment instead of prim

SUBMITTER: Ahsberg K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7243325 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature