Keywords:
Image verification, Cancer, Diagnostic procedure, Decision analysis, MR, Mammography, Oncology, Breast
Authors:
D. LA FORGIA1, R. Dentamaro2, V. Didonna2, A. Fanizzi3, L. Losurdo2, M. Raffaella2, P. Tamborra2, M. Telegrafo2, M. Moschetta2; 1BARI, BA/IT, 2BARI/IT, 3Bari, Italy/IT
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-3045
Conclusion
Both CESM and MRI were reliable methods to identify breast lesions.
In this study,
CESM has detected all of malignancy suspicious lesions,
while MRI showed a greater number of false positives than CESM.
These results are in agreement with some earlier studies [5,6,12-14]: they have shown that CESM is a valid technique able to detect malignant tumors because of contrast enhancement,
such as to cancer ehnancement in MRI.
CESM exams resulted less affected by hormonal effects than MRI,
where they may produce a certain number of false positives [6].
Moreover,
this new technique showed better tolerability by patients,
especially for those who suffered from claustrophobia.
However,
the number of patients analysed is still small,
and this preliminary study needs further improvements with more statistics dataset and more accurate analysis.
In conclusion,
CESM seems to be a promising imaging tool with performance comparable to that of MRI and more advantages.