title: Strain Elastography of Breast and Prostata Cancer: Similarities and Differences.
abstract: Typically both breast and prostate cancer present as tissue with decreased elasticity. Palpation is the oldest technique of tumor detection in both organs and is based on this principle. Thus an operator can grade a palpable mass as suspicious for cancer. Strain elastography as modern ultrasound technique allows the visualization of tissue elasticity in a color coded elastogram and can be understood as technical finger. The following article shows similarities and differences of ultrasound strain elastography in the diagnosis of breast and prostate cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  • In prostata cancer elastography, in breast cancer B-mode is the primary sonographic search modality. • The diagnostic value of the search modalities change with increasing age.• A cut-off value for a strain ratio is hard to obtain in the elastography of the prostata, because there is no stabile reference tissue in the prostata.
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daniaux
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Auer
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Zordo
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Junker
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Hirslanden, Clinic Aarau, Switzerland.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Santner
authors.affiliation: Gynecology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hubalek
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jaschke
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aigner
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055119:Elastic Modulus; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods*