单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol,Tongji Hosp,Tongji Med Coll,Dept Med Ultrasound,Sino German Tongji Caritas Res Ctr Ultrasound Med,Wuhan,Peoples R China超声影像科华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院科研平台中德-Garitas超声医学研究中心[2]Cent Hosp EDong Healthcare, Dept Med Ultrasound, Huangshi, Hubei, Peoples R China[3]Anhui Med Univ, Dept Med Ultrasound, Hosp 2, Hefei, Peoples R China[4]Three Gorges Univ, Yichang Gen Hosp, Dept Med Ultrasound, Renmin Hosp, Yichang, Peoples R China[5]Taizhou Hosp Zhejiang Prov, Dept Med Ultrasound, Linhai, Peoples R China台州恩泽医疗中心台州医院[6]Macheng Peoples Hosp, Dept Med Ultrasound, Macheng, Peoples R China[7]Hubei Univ Med, Xiangyang 1 Peoples Hosp, Dept Med Ultrasound, Affiliated Hosp, Xiangyang, Peoples R China[8]Yixing Tradit Chinese Med Hosp, Dept Med Ultrasound, Yixing, Peoples R China[9]Anhui Med Univ, Dept Med Ultrasound, Anqing Peoples Hosp 1, Anqing, Peoples R China[10]Hirslanden Clin, Dept Internal Med, Bern, Switzerland
Objective: This study aimed to explore the value of elasticity score (ES) and strain ratio (SR) combined with conventional ultrasound in distinguishing benign and malignant breast masses and reducing biopsy of BI-RADS (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System) 4a lesions. Methods: This prospective, multicenter study included 910 patients from nine different hospitals. The acquisition and analysis of conventional ultrasound and strain elastography (SE) were obtained by radiologists with more than 5 years of experience in breast ultrasound imaging. The diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and area under curve (AUC) of conventional ultrasound alone and combined tests with ES and/or SR were calculated and compared. Results: The optimal cutoff value of SR for differentiating benign from malignant masses was 2.27, with a sensitivity of 60.2% and a specificity of 84.8%. When combined with ES and SR, the AUC of the new BI-RADS classification increased from 0.733 to 0.824 (p < 0.001); the specificity increased from 48.1% to 68.5% (p < 0.001) without a decrease in the sensitivity (98.5% vs. 96.4%, p = 0.065); and the PPV increased from 52.2% to 63.7% (p < 0.001) without a loss in the NPV (98.2% vs. 97.1%, p = 0.327). All three combinations of conventional ultrasound, ES, and SR could reduce the biopsy rate of category 4a lesions without reducing the malignant rate of biopsy (from 100% to 68.3%, 34.9%, and 50.4%, respectively, all p < 0.001). Conclusions: SE can be used as a useful and non-invasive additional method to improve the diagnostic performance of conventional ultrasound by increasing AUC and specificity and reducing the unnecessary biopsy of BI-RADS 4a lesions.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [82071953]; Key R&D Projects of Science and Technology of Hubei Province [2020BCB022]; Tongji Hospital (HUST) Foundation for Excellent Young Scientist [2020YQ01]
第一作者单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol,Tongji Hosp,Tongji Med Coll,Dept Med Ultrasound,Sino German Tongji Caritas Res Ctr Ultrasound Med,Wuhan,Peoples R China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Wei Qi,Yan Yu-Jing,Wu Ge-Ge,et al.Added Value of a New Strain Elastography Technique in Conventional Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Breast Masses: A Prospective Multicenter Study[J].FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY.2021,11:doi:10.3389/fonc.2021.779612.
APA:
Wei, Qi,Yan, Yu-Jing,Wu, Ge-Ge,Ye, Xi-Rong,Jiang, Fan...&Cui, Xin-Wu.(2021).Added Value of a New Strain Elastography Technique in Conventional Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Breast Masses: A Prospective Multicenter Study.FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY,11,
MLA:
Wei, Qi,et al."Added Value of a New Strain Elastography Technique in Conventional Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Breast Masses: A Prospective Multicenter Study".FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY 11.(2021)