Computed tomography Hounsfield units can predict breast cancer metastasis to axillary lymph nodes

Masakazu Urata,Yuko Kijima,Munetsugu Hirata,Yoshiaki Shinden,Hideo Arima,Akihiro Nakajo,Chihaya Koriyama,Takaaki Arigami,Yoshikazu Uenosono,Hiroshi Okumura,Kosei Maemura,Sumiya Ishigami,Heiji Yoshinaka,Shoji Natsugoe

Computed tomography Hounsfield units can predict breast cancer metastasis to axillary lymph nodes

2014

Masakazu Urata
Yuko Kijima
Munetsugu Hirata
Yoshiaki Shinden
Hideo Arima
Akihiro Nakajo
Chihaya Koriyama
Takaaki Arigami
Yoshikazu Uenosono
Hiroshi Okumura
Kosei Maemura
Sumiya Ishigami
Heiji Yoshinaka
Shoji Natsugoe

Background Axillary lymph node (ALN) status is an important prognostic factor for breast cancer. We retrospectively used contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CE-CT) to evaluate the presence of ALN, metastasis based on size, shape, and contrasting effects.

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Computed tomography
Pathology
Breast cancer
Radiology
Axillary lymph nodes
Lymph node
Medicine
Metastasis
Surgical oncology
Hounsfield scale
Receiver operating characteristic

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