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Erschienen in: Breast Cancer 3/2019

01.11.2018 | Original Article

Can quantitative evaluation of mammographic breast density, “volumetric measurement”, predict the masking risk with dense breast tissue? Investigation by comparison with subjective visual estimation by Japanese radiologists

verfasst von: Mikinao Oiwa, Tokiko Endo, Namiko Suda, Takako Morita, Yasuyuki Sato, Tomonori Kawasaki, Shu Ichihara

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer | Ausgabe 3/2019

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Abstract

Background

Sensitivity to detect breast cancer (BC) is not high in a dense breast due to masking in mammography. To evaluate the breast density, a volumetric measurement system has been recently developed that measures the percent fibroglandular tissue volume (percent FGV, hereafter termed as “FG%”) to the breast volume (BV). This study was designed to investigate whether evaluation using FG% can accurately predict the masking risk by comparing with the current standard method of subjective visual estimation (SVE).

Methods

Using pre-biopsy mammograms of 114 cases histopathologically diagnosed with BC in our facility, SVE based on BI-RADS (5th edition) and volumetric measurements of FG% were conducted. Performance to predict the masking risk was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Relationship between these parameters and the masking risk was evaluated by the adjusted multivariate linear regression analysis.

Results

The AUC of SVE values was 0.742 (95% CI 0.641–0.822), while that of FG% was as significantly low as 0.560 (95% CI 0.427–0.685) (P = 0.0014). The SVE values correlated with the detection of BC in mammography (P = 0.0035), but there was no significant relationship with FG% (P = 0.74). The median BV and FGV were 313 cm3 (IQR 191–440) and 63 cm3 (IQR 44–102), respectively. The FGV was comparable to the data for Caucasian women reported in previous studies, but the BV was one-half of the previous data.

Conclusion

The current volumetric measurement system to evaluate FG% to BV was found to be insufficient in the performance to predict the masking risk in Japanese women with relatively small-sized breasts.
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Metadaten
Titel
Can quantitative evaluation of mammographic breast density, “volumetric measurement”, predict the masking risk with dense breast tissue? Investigation by comparison with subjective visual estimation by Japanese radiologists
verfasst von
Mikinao Oiwa
Tokiko Endo
Namiko Suda
Takako Morita
Yasuyuki Sato
Tomonori Kawasaki
Shu Ichihara
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2018
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer / Ausgabe 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1340-6868
Elektronische ISSN: 1880-4233
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12282-018-0930-0

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