We assessed the performance of conventional ultrasound (US) combined with strain elastography (SE) in the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) category 4 lesions on mammography. A total of 751 women with 751 breast lesions classified as mammographic BI-RADS category 4 were included. Conventional US combined with SE helped increase the PPV and had the potential to avoid unnecessary biopsies of BI-RADS category 4 lesions detected on mammography. Background: To assess the performance of conventional ultrasound (US) combined with strain elastography (SE) in the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) category 4 lesions on mammography. Materials and Methods: Women with breast lesions identified as having mammography BI-RADS 4 lesions and underwent US examination were included in China. US features and US BI-RADS assessment were recorded in real-time and prospectively reported. The pathological result was referred to as the gold standard. The performance of US in the mammographic BI-RADS category 4 lesions was evaluated. Diagnostic performances of US BI-RADS, SE and combined both were compared. Results: A total of 751 women with 751 breast lesions classified as mammographic BI-RADS category 4 were included. For mammographic findings, 530 (70.6%) were true positive and 221 (29.4%) were false positive. Conventional US achieved higher positive predictive value (PPV) than mammography (78.5% vs. 70.6%, P=.001). The specificity increased from 34.4% to 47.1% (P < . .001) without any loss in sensitivity and the PPV increased to 81.9% (P = .122) when conventional US was used in combination with SE. For conventional US combined with SE, it led to a correct diagnosis of no breast cancer in 104 of the 221 false-positive findings (47.1%) and achieved higher PPV than mammography regardless of patient age and lesion size. Conclusion: Conventional US combined with SE is a helpful tool for the noninvasive examination of breast lesions classified as BI-RADS category 4 on mammography. It helped increase the PPV and had the potential to avoid unnecessary biopsies of BI-RADS category 4 lesions detected on mammography. (C) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
基金:
Beijing Natural Science Foundation [7202156]; Foundation of International Health Exchange and Cooperation Center NHC PRC [ihecc2018C0032-2]; Peking Union Medical College Reform in Education Project [10023201900113]
第一作者单位:[1]Chinese Acad Med Sci & Peking Union Med Coll, Peking Union Med Coll Hosp, Dept Ultrasound, 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Beijing 100730, Peoples R China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Gu Yang,Tian Jiawei,Ran Haitao,et al.Can Ultrasound Elastography Help Better Manage Mammographic BI-RADS Category 4 Breast Lesions?[J].CLINICAL BREAST CANCER.2022,22(4):E407-E416.doi:10.1016/j.clbc.2021.10.009.
APA:
Gu, Yang,Tian, Jiawei,Ran, Haitao,Ren, Weidong,Chang, Cai...&Jiang, Yuxin.(2022).Can Ultrasound Elastography Help Better Manage Mammographic BI-RADS Category 4 Breast Lesions?.CLINICAL BREAST CANCER,22,(4)
MLA:
Gu, Yang,et al."Can Ultrasound Elastography Help Better Manage Mammographic BI-RADS Category 4 Breast Lesions?".CLINICAL BREAST CANCER 22..4(2022):E407-E416