Preoperative Breast MRI in the Surgical Treatment of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
- 30 December 2011
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Hindawi Limited in The Breast Journal
- Vol. 18 (2), 151-156
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1524-4741.2011.01204.x
Abstract
Accurate determination of the size or extent of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) by imaging is uncertain, and incomplete resection of tumor results in involved margins in up to 81% of cases. This study examined the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for assessment of DCIS size, and evaluated the effect of preoperative breast MRI on achievement of tumor-free surgical margins after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). One-hundred and fifty-eight female patients with DCIS were identified from a prospective database: 60 patients (62 cases) had preoperative breast MRI, and 98 patients did not have MRI. The accuracy of tumor size assessed by MRI was determined by comparison with histopathologic size. All patients underwent BCS initially. The rate of involved margins after resection was compared in MRI and no-MRI groups. The overall correlation between MRI size and histopathologic size was high (p < 0.0001). MRI assessment of size was significantly more accurate when DCIS was high grade (p < 0.0001) or intermediate grade (p = 0.005) versus low grade (p = 0.187). The rate of tumor-involved margins was not significantly different in MRI and no-MRI groups (30.7% and 24.7%, respectively; p = 0.414). The rate of mastectomy was significantly higher in the MRI group than the no-MRI group (17.7% versus 4.1%; p = 0.004). These findings indicate that MRI can detect DCIS, especially when lesions are high or intermediate grade, but that MRI does not accurately predict the size of DCIS. In this study, MRI did not improve the surgeon's ability to achieve clear margins following BCS.Keywords
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