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ABSTRACT: Background
Prediction of histological tumor size by post-neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was evaluated in different breast cancer subtypes.Methods
Imaging was performed after 12-week NAT in patients enrolled into three neoadjuvant WSG ADAPT subtrials. Imaging performance was analyzed for prediction of residual tumor measuring ≤10 mm and summarized using positive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values.Results
A total of 248 and 588 patients had MRI and ultrasound, respectively. Tumor size was over- or underestimated by < 10 mm in 4.4% and 21.8% of patients by MRI and in 10.2% and 15.8% by ultrasound. Overall, NPV (proportion of correctly predicted tumor size ≤10 mm) of MRI and ultrasound was 0.92 and 0.83; PPV (correctly predicted tumor size > 10 mm) was 0.52 and 0.61. MRI demonstrated a higher NPV and lower PPV than ultrasound in hormone receptor (HR)-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive and in HR-/HER2+ tumors. Both methods had a comparable NPV and PPV in HR-/HER2- tumors.Conclusions
In HR+/HER2+ and HR-/HER2+ breast cancer, MRI is less likely than ultrasound to underestimate while ultrasound is associated with a lower risk to overestimate tumor size. These findings may help to select the most optimal imaging approach for planning surgery after NAT.Trial registration
Clinicaltrials.gov , NCT01815242 (registered on March 21, 2013), NCT01817452 (registered on March 25, 2013), and NCT01779206 (registered on January 30, 2013).
SUBMITTER: Graeser M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7977310 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Graeser Monika M Schrading Simone S Gluz Oleg O Strobel Kevin K Herzog Christopher C Umutlu Lale L Frydrychowicz Alex A Rjosk-Dendorfer Dorothea D Würstlein Rachel R Culemann Ralph R Eulenburg Christine C Adams Jascha J Nitzsche Henrik H Prange Anna A Kümmel Sherko S Grischke Eva-Maria EM Forstbauer Helmut H Braun Michael M Potenberg Jochem J von Schumann Raquel R Aktas Bahriye B Kolberg-Liedtke Cornelia C Harbeck Nadia N Kuhl Christiane K CK Nitz Ulrike U
Breast cancer research : BCR 20210318 1
<h4>Background</h4>Prediction of histological tumor size by post-neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was evaluated in different breast cancer subtypes.<h4>Methods</h4>Imaging was performed after 12-week NAT in patients enrolled into three neoadjuvant WSG ADAPT subtrials. Imaging performance was analyzed for prediction of residual tumor measuring ≤10 mm and summarized using positive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 248 and ...[more]