2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.09.006
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Integration of quantitative DCE-MRI and ADC mapping to monitor treatment response in human breast cancer: initial results

Abstract: Purpose-The objective of this study was to assess changes in the water apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and in pharmacokinetic parameters obtained from the fast-exchange regime (FXR) modeling of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) during neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer.Materials and Methods-Eleven patients with locally advanced breast cancer underwent MRI examination prior to and after chemotherapy but prior to surgery. A 1.5-T scanner was used to obtain T 1 , ADC and D… Show more

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“…Recent publications describe an increase in specificity with the use of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) [6 -8]. Moreover, DWI can be useful for the detection [9], assessment [10 -14] or treatment response monitoring [15,16] of breast cancer. However, when using DWI, the applied pulse sequences, b-values and approach (before or after contrast administration, selected slices or complete volumes) differ in most publications [17].…”
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“…Recent publications describe an increase in specificity with the use of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) [6 -8]. Moreover, DWI can be useful for the detection [9], assessment [10 -14] or treatment response monitoring [15,16] of breast cancer. However, when using DWI, the applied pulse sequences, b-values and approach (before or after contrast administration, selected slices or complete volumes) differ in most publications [17].…”
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“…Guidelines for the use of DW-MRI as a cancer biomarker have been suggested, and emphasize the need for both validation and assessment of reliability of this method in oncologic imaging (11). The unique possibility of including several MR methods in one examination has made multiparametric studies of several tumor features possible; however, only a few studies have exploited this with respect to treatment response in breast cancer (12,13).…”
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“…Malignant tumors have lower ADC values than normal tissue or benign lesions (19) due to higher cellularity, disorganized tissue, and increased extracellular space tortuosity (20). Successful cancer therapies have been associated with an early increase in ADC in animal xenograft models and human tumors (21)(22)(23)(24)(25). DW-MRI may also reveal differences between necrotic and viable tissues.…”
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