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Research progress of ultrasound imaging technology in predicting molecular subtypes of breast cancer

Journal Of Modern Oncology[ISSN:1672-4992/CN:61-1415/R]

Issue:
2024 18
Page:
3611-3617
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Title:
Research progress of ultrasound imaging technology in predicting molecular subtypes of breast cancer
Author(s):
WANG Yaochen1; 2; FANG Xiuxia1; FAN Binghui1; LIU Qun1
1.Department of Ultrasound Diagnostic，the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University，Inner Mongolia Hohhot 010010，China;2.Inner Mongolia Medical University,Inner Mongolia Hohhot 010010，China.
Keywords:
molecular subtypes of breast cancer; conventional ultrasound; shear wear elastography; CEUS; 3D-US; radiomics; AI
PACS:
R737.9
DOI:
10.3969/j.issn.1672-4992.2024.18.033
Abstract:
Breast cancer is one of the malignant tumors that afflicts women worldwide.Early diagnosis and precise treatment are the common goals of scholars.Breast cancer is a tumor with strong heterogeneity，and the biological behavior,imaging,pathological features and prognosis of different molecular subtypes are significantly different.Therefore,it is of great guiding significance to define molecular subtypes before operation for clinical treatment options.At present,the molecular subtypes of breast cancer mainly rely on puncture biopsy.However,the acceptance of invasive examination is low,and the local tissue cannot reflect the overall lesion.In recent years,how to noninvasively predict molecular subtypes by imaging technology has attracted the attention of scholars at home and abroad.As the most widely used auxiliary examination technique for preoperative evaluation of breast cancer,ultrasound is simple,noninvasive,real-time and repeatable.Ultrasound technologies such as conventional ultrasound，elastography,contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS),three-dimensional ultrasound (3D-US),radiomics,and artificial intelligence (AI) breast ultrasound have shown great potential in predicting molecular subtypes of breast cancer.This article reviews the progress,the feasibility and limitations of ultrasound imaging technology in predicting molecular subtypes of breast cancer.

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