Estimation of tumor size in breast cancer comparing clinical examination mammography ultrasound and MRI—correlation with the pathological analysis of the surgical specimen

摘要

BackgroundTo evaluate the best method in our center to measure preoperative tumor size in breast tumors, using as reference the tumor size in the postoperative surgical specimen. We compared physical examination vs. mammography vs. resonance vs. ultrasound. There are different studies in the literature with disparate results.