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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer research from Z. Yili and co-researchers described
March 26th, 2009
In this recent report published in the journal BMC Cancer, researchers in Xian, People's Republic of China conducted a study "To define a threshold value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) with which malignant breast lesions can be distinguished from benign lesions, and to evaluate the ADC change of peri-tumor tissue in breast carcinoma by echo planar-diffusion weighted imaging (EPI-DWI). 57 breast lesions were scanned by routine MRI and EPI-DWI." "The ADC values were compared between malignant and benign lesions. The sensitivity and specificity of EPI-DWI and the threshold ADC value were evaluated by Receiver Operating Characteristic curve (ROC). The ADC...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-26)
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