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 typeDiagnostic workup and costs of a single supplemental molecular breast imaging screen of mammographically dense breasts.
Hruska CB, Conners AL, Jones KN, O'Connor MK, Moriarty JP, Boughey JC, Rhodes DJ. Diagnostic workup and costs of a single supplemental molecular breast imaging screen of mammographically dense breasts. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2015, 204: 1345-53. PMID: 26001247, PMCID: PMC5036572, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.14.13306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenign biopsy rateDiagnostic workupBiopsy rateDense breastsAdditional diagnostic workupCancer detection rateMammography of womenBreast imaging examinationsPositive predictive valueDual-head gamma cameraImaging examinationsPredictive valueMolecular breastBiopsyPatientsWorkupBreastScreening mammographyCancerWomenMammographyMalignancyReference standardGamma cameraDetection rate