title: Prognostic value of contrast-enhanced MR mammography in patients with breast cancer.
abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of contrast-enhanced MR mammography in patients with breast cancer. A total of 190 patients with breast cancer (37 noninvasive carcinomas, 153 invasive carcinomas) underwent dynamic contrast-enhanced MR mammography preoperatively. Using 1.5-T unit, T1-weighted sequences (2D FLASH) were obtained repeatedly one time before and five times after IV administration of 0.1 mmol gadopentetate-dimeglumine per kilogram body weight. The findings on MR imaging were correlated with histopathologically defined prognostic factors (histological type, tumor size, tumor grading, metastasis in lymph nodes). In addition, immunohistochemically defined prognostic factors (c-erbB-1, c-erbB-2, p53, Ki-67) were correlated with the signal increase on MR mammogram in 40 patients. There was no significant correlation between the findings on MR mammography and the histopathological type of carcinoma, the grading, and the lymphonodular status. Noninvasive carcinomas showed a higher rate of moderate (38 %) or low (27 %) enhancement on MR imaging than invasive carcinomas (6 and 3 %). The results on MR mammography and the results of immunohistochemical stainings did not correlate significantly. Noninvasive carcinomas showed significantly lower enhancement than invasive carcinomas. However, the signal behavior of contrast-enhanced MR mammography is not related to established histopathological prognostic parameters as subtyping, grading, nodal status, and the expression of certain oncogenes/tumor suppressor genes.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Röntgendiagnostik I, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, D-37 075 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kopka
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brinck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korabiowska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schauer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grabbe
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D003287:Contrast Media; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000032:analysis; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D003287:Contrast Media; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53