Cone-beam breast CT-guided surface location facilitates breast-conserving surgery in breast cancer patients with extensive calcifications: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Extensive malignant-appearing calcifications have traditionally been considered a contraindication for breast-conserving surgery. The evaluation of calcifications largely depends on mammography, which is limited by tissue superimposition and is unable to reveal spatial information about extensive calcifications. Three-dimensional imaging modality is needed to reveal the architecture of extensive calcifications. In the present study, a novel cone-beam breast CT-guided surface location technique was investigated to facilitate breast-conserving surgery in breast cancer patients with extensive malignant breast calcifications.

Methods

Biopsy-proved early breast cancer patients with extensive malignant-appearing breast calcifications were included. A patient will be con

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9947353 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature