MRI Study of Uninvolved Breast Tissue for Patients With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Undergoing Pre-Operative Chemotherapy

摘要

Purpose: To study possible associations between the MRI morphological patterns of the primary breast tumor and properties of the surrounding host tissue. Scope: Identification of such properties of host tissue may be useful in characterizing breast tissue for earlier stage breast cancers. Major findings: We have developed MRI algorithms necessary to measure signal enhancement ratios in non-tumor tissue using the existing database of patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy.