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The Impact of Preoperative Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Surgical Planning: A Retrospective Single-Center Study

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether preoperative MRI has an impact on surgical planning in breast cancer patients. Tumor extent and molecular breast cancer subtypes were evaluated. Methods: This was a single-center study including 137 female patients with a first diagnosis of invasive breast cancer. Each patient had a standard clinical preoperative workup and an additional breast MRI. The interdisciplinary tumor board made written recommendations regarding the surgical therapy of each patient with and without the knowledge of the MRI findings. Results: The addition of MRI led to changes in surgical recommendations in 32 (23%) of the 137 patients. The highest rate of change in surgical therapy recommendations was observed in patients with multifocal tumors (53%). Molecular subtype had no influence on the changes in surgical therapy recommendations (p = 0.8). Conclusions: Patients with multifocal breast tumors were more likely to have a change in surgical therapy following MRI.

Source: Anatomia

DOI: 10.3390/anatomia4030011

Authors: Kristin Mayer-Zugai, Iris Georgiadou, Christel Weiss, Alexander Ast, Hans Scheffel

Institutions: Heidelberg University, Klinikum Ludwigsburg, Westpfalz Klinikum

Language: English

Topic: MRI in cancer diagnosis

Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,207