title: Color Doppler ultrasound in breast carcinomas: relationship with hormone receptors, DNA ploidy, S-phase fraction, and histopathology.
abstract: Data on 368 patients with breast carcinomas measuring < or = 5 cm were analyzed to study the relationship between the prognostic factors and the flow indices measured by color Doppler ultrasound (US). Vascularity was detected by color Doppler US in 348 (94.6%) of the 368 breast tumors. Tumors without vascularity were significantly (p = 0.0001) smaller than the tumors with vascularity. There was a correlation between Vmax and tumor size. Postmenopausal women had greater values of RI, PI, and V(max). Tumors larger than 2 cm had significantly greater RI, V(max) and number of vessels as compared with the tumors smaller than 2 cm. RI was significantly greater in the nondiploid tumors than in the diploid tumors. RI > or = 0.7 was significantly associated with nondiploid carcinomas and SPF > or = 7%. Tumor size and Vmax significantly predicted axillary lymph node metastases.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung University College of Medicine and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. tcchao@adm.cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011003:Ploidies; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000032:analysis*; D016196:S Phase; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014655:Vascular Resistance
chemical_list: D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; D011987:Receptors, Steroid