Primary Breast Carcinoma: Association of Mammographic Calcifications with Osteopontin Expression

Primary Breast Carcinoma: Association of Mammographic Calcifications with Osteopontin Expression
Xiao Wang, Lan Chao, Guohui Ma, Liansheng Chen, Guangchao Jin, Mei Hua, Huiping Liu, Aimei Ouyang, and Xiulan Zhang
Radiology 2010 254:69-78
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Compared with osteopontin (OPN)-negative breast cancers, OPN-positive tumors were more likely to have calcifications, to be spiculated, to have pleomorphic calcifications, to be a triple-negative phenotype, and to be associated with axillary lymph node metastasis

Potential Usefulness of Similar Images in the Differential Diagnosis of Clustered Microcalcifications on Mammograms

Potential Usefulness of Similar Images in the Differential Diagnosis of Clustered Microcalcifications on Mammograms
Ryohei Nakayama, Hiroyuki Abe, Junji Shiraishi, and Kunio Doi
Radiology 2009;253 625-631

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The inclusion of similar images can have beneficial effects for many cases in which the status of a lesion is unclear, and it can improve the performance of radiologists in observer studies

Positive Predictive Value of Specific Mammographic Findings according to Reader and Patient Variables

Positive Predictive Value of Specific Mammographic Findings according to Reader and Patient Variables
Aruna Venkatesan, Philip Chu, Karla Kerlikowske, Edward A. Sickles, and Rebecca Smith-Bindman
Radiology 2009;250 648-657

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Another UCSF classic paper. Asymmetry is the finding with the lowest cancer yield at screening examinations; with asymmetry, invasive cancer (particularly among women younger than 70 years) was infrequently identified and was commonly a false-positive result

Detecting Nonpalpable Recurrent Breast Cancer: The Role of Routine Mammographic Screening of Transverse Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous Flap Reconstruct

Detecting Nonpalpable Recurrent Breast Cancer: The Role of Routine Mammographic Screening of Transverse Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous Flap Reconstructions
Janie M. Lee, Dianne Georgian-Smith, G. Scott Gazelle, Elkan F. Halpern, Elizabeth A. Rafferty, Richard H. Moore, Eren D. Yeh, Helen A. D'Alessandro, Rachel A. Hitt, and Daniel B. Kopans
Radiology 2008;248 398-405

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With routine screening mammography, the detection rate of recurrent nonpalpable cancer in transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap breast reconstructions, over a median follow-up period of 4.9 years, was 0%

Breast US Computer-aided Diagnosis Workstation: Performance with a Large Clinical Diagnostic Population

Breast US Computer-aided Diagnosis Workstation: Performance with a Large Clinical Diagnostic Population
Karen Drukker, Nicholas P. Gruszauskas, Charlene A. Sennett, and Maryellen L. Giger
Radiology 2008;248 392-397

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The computer performance was largely unaffected by the inclusion of large numbers of lesions that did not undergo biopsy in the analysis, achieving overall good lesion characterization performance at area under the receiver operating characteristic curve value of 0.90

Primer for residents - Finding Early Invasive Breast Cancers: A Practical Approach

Primer for residents - Finding Early Invasive Breast Cancers: A Practical Approach
Jennifer A. Harvey, Brandi T. Nicholson, and Michael A. Cohen
Radiology 2008;248 61-76

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Virginia resident review on strategies for assessing asymmetries and masses. This is also useful for established breast practitioners