Direct-Conversion Molecular Breast Imaging of Invasive Breast Cancer: Imaging Features, Extent of Invasive Disease, and Comparison Between Invasive Ductal and Lobular Histology.
Conners AL, Jones KN, Hruska CB, Geske JR, Boughey JC, Rhodes DJ. Direct-Conversion Molecular Breast Imaging of Invasive Breast Cancer: Imaging Features, Extent of Invasive Disease, and Comparison Between Invasive Ductal and Lobular Histology. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2015, 205: w374-81. PMID: 26295674, PMCID: PMC8900216, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.14.13502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive breast cancerMolecular breast imagingInvasive tumor fociBreast imaging examinationsTumor fociMolecular breastBreast cancerImaging featuresInvasive diseasePathology reportsImaging examinationsHistologic profileBreast imagingBreast imaging findingsChi-square testLobular histologyHistologic subtypeInvasive DuctalImaging findingsInvasive cancerBenign reasonsInvasive fociTumor appearanceBlinded reviewLesion typeBackground parenchymal uptake during molecular breast imaging and associated clinical factors.
Hruska CB, Rhodes DJ, Conners AL, Jones KN, Carter RE, Lingineni RK, Vachon CM. Background parenchymal uptake during molecular breast imaging and associated clinical factors. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2015, 204: w363-70. PMID: 25714323, PMCID: PMC4423612, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.14.12979.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBackground parenchymal uptakePostmenopausal hormone therapyParenchymal uptakeBreast cancerMolecular breast imagingHormone therapyClinical factorsMammographic densityDense breastsBI-RADS density categoriesChi-square testMenopausal statusPatient characteristicsHormonal contraceptivesEligible participantsGail modelMenstrual cycleSubsequent riskPrevious mammogramsMolecular breastBreast implantsUnderlying causeCancerBreastWomen