Thursday, 17 January 2008

Axillary Lymph Nodes: US-guided Fine-Needle Aspiration for Initial Staging of Breast Cancer Correlation with Primary Tumor Size

Susan L. Koelliker, Maureen A. Chung, Martha B. Mainiero, Margaret M. Steinhoff, and Blake Cady
Radiology 2007;246 81-89
http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/246/1/81?etoc

US-guided fine-needle aspiration is useful in the initial axillary staging of breast cancer; the sensitivity of the technique increases with increasing tumor size

Computer-aided Detection in Full-Field Digital Mammography: Sensitivity and Reproducibility in Serial Examinations

Seung Ja Kim, Woo Kyung Moon, Nariya Cho, Joo Hee Cha, Sun Mi Kim, and Jung-Gi Im
Radiology 2007;246 71-80
http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/246/1/71?etoc

When a computer-aided detection system was applied to initial and short-term follow-up digital mammograms, sensitivities were, respectively, 91% and 89% for masses and 100% and 100% for microcalcifications; overall false-positive mark rates were 0.29 mark per image and 0.27 mark per image at initial and follow-up digital mammography, respectively

Mammographic, US, and MR Imaging Phenotypes of Familial Breast Cancer

Simone Schrading and Christiane K. Kuhl
Radiology 2008;246 58-70
http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/246/1/58?etoc

Based on the results obtained in our cohort, we propose that this relatively low sensitivity of MR imaging in women at increased familial risk is due to the fact that these cancers may exhibit unusual imaging features also in breast MR imaging