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The value and utility of axillary lymph node (ALN) evaluation with MRI in breast cancer were not clear for various intrinsic subtypes. The aim of the current study is to test the potential of combining breast ...
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Open AccessThe impact of body mass index (BMI) on MRI diagnostic performance and surgical management for axillary lymph node in breast cancer
We hypothesized that different BMI might have different impact on pre-operative MRI axillary lymph node (ALN) prediction accuracy and thereby subsequent surgical lymph node management. The aim of this study is...
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Open AccessRevisit the practice of lymph node biopsy in patients diagnosed as ductal carcinoma in situ before operation: a retrospective analysis of 682 cases and evaluation of the role of breast MRI
The optimal axillary lymph node (ALN) management strategy in patients diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) preoperatively remains controversial. The value of breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) t...
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The shape and contour of the lesion are shown to be effective features for physicians to identify breast tumor as benign or malignant. The region of the lesion is usually manually created by the physician acco...
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Open AccessMammographic Density Distribution of Healthy Taiwanese Women and its Naturally Decreasing Trend with Age
We analysed typical mammographic density (MD) distributions of healthy Taiwanese women to augment existing knowledge, clarify cancer risks, and focus public health efforts. From January 2011 to December 2015, ...
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Power Doppler breast ultrasound: association of vascularization and ER/c-erbB-2 co-expression in invasive breast carcinoma
Angiogenesis is a fundamental component of oncogenesis. In this study we provided morphologic evidence of vascularization by using power Doppler ultrasound to correlate the clinicopathologic features of tumori...
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Gallbladder torsion: preoperative diagnosis by MDCT
The patient was a 80-year-old female who was diagnosed as having gallbladder torsion preoperatively. To out knowledge, this is the first reported case diagnosed by CT with a multidetector CT scanner. The abdom...
