Diffusion breast MRI: current standard and emerging techniques

AM Mendez, LK Fang, CH Meriwether… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The role of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) as a biomarker has been the subject of active
investigation in the field of breast radiology. By quantifying the random motion of water …

Can apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) distinguish breast cancer from benign breast findings? A meta-analysis based on 13 847 lesions

A Surov, HJ Meyer, A Wienke - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background The purpose of the present meta-analysis was to provide evident data about
use of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) values for distinguishing malignant and benign …

A review of quantitative diffusion-weighted MR imaging for breast cancer: towards noninvasive biomarker

FF Yao, Y Zhang - Clinical Imaging, 2023 - Elsevier
Quantitative diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is an important adjunct to conventional breast
MRI and shows promise as a noninvasive biomarker of breast cancer in multiple clinical …

Diffusion-weighted imaging of invasive breast cancer: relationship to distant metastasis–free survival

JY Kim, JJ Kim, L Hwangbo, T Kang, H Park - Radiology, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Combined minimum apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and ADC difference
value may improve the diagnostic performance of breast diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) …

CAIX forms a transport metabolon with monocarboxylate transporters in human breast cancer cells

S Ames, JT Andring, R McKenna, HM Becker - Oncogene, 2020 - nature.com
Tumor cells rely on glycolysis to meet their elevated demand for energy. Thereby they
produce significant amounts of lactate and protons, which are exported via monocarboxylate …

Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging of breast cancer: associations between diffusion metrics and histological prognostic factors

JY Kim, JJ Kim, S Kim, KS Choo, A Kim, T Kang… - European …, 2018 - Springer
Objectives To investigate whether quantitative diffusion metrics derived from diffusion tensor
imaging (DTI) are associated with histological prognostic factors in breast cancer patients …

Apparent diffusion coefficient in estrogen receptor‐positive and lymph node‐negative invasive breast cancers at 3.0 T DW‐MRI: A potential predictor for an oncotype …

SB Thakur, M Durando, S Milans… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To measure the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in estrogen receptor‐
positive (ER+) and axillary lymph node‐negative (LN–) invasive breast cancer and …

Diagnostic performance of diffusion tensor imaging with readout-segmented echo-planar imaging for invasive breast cancer: correlation of ADC and FA with …

K Yamaguchi, T Nakazono, R Egashira… - … Resonance in Medical …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Purpose: To assess the diagnostic performance of readout-segmented echo-planar diffusion
tensor imaging (DTI based on rs-EPI) for breast cancer and to determine the correlation …

Apparent diffusion coefficient cannot predict molecular subtype and lymph node metastases in invasive breast cancer: a multicenter analysis

A Surov, YW Chang, L Li, L Martincich, SC Partridge… - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Radiological imaging plays a central role in the diagnosis of breast cancer
(BC). Some studies suggest MRI techniques like diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) may …

ADC at 3.0 T as a noninvasive biomarker for preoperative prediction of Ki67 expression in invasive ductal carcinoma of breast

L Shen, G Zhou, T Tong, F Tang, Y Lin, J Zhou, Y Wang… - Clinical imaging, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the role of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) as an imaging
biomarker for invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) in the breast. Methods Seventy-one patients …