Prediction of complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for invasive breast cancers: The utility of shear wave elastography and superb microvascular imaging in pretreatment breast ultrasound
- Authors
- Lee, Eun Ji; Chang, Yun-Woo
- Issue Date
- Jun-2024
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
- Keywords
- Ultrasonography; Shear wave elastography; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Breast cancer; Neoplasm
- Citation
- EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, v.175
- Journal Title
- EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
- Volume
- 175
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/26201
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ejrad.2024.111432
- ISSN
- 0720-048X
1872-7727
- Abstract
- Purpose: To investigate whether multiparametric parameters of pretreatment breast ultrasound (US) and clinicopathologic factors are associated with pathologic complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for breast cancer. Methods: Between November 2018 and September 2022, 88 patients who underwent NAC and subsequent surgery were included in this study (median age, 55 years; interquartile range [IQR], 45, 59.3). Multiparametric breast US including grayscale, shear wave elastography (SWE) and superb microvascular imaging (SMI) of pathologically proven invasive breast cancers were retrospectively reviewed. Clinicopathological and multiparametric parameters of breast US, including size, SWEmax, SWEratio and vascular index on SMI (SMIVI) were compared between the groups. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to determine factors predicting pCR after NAC. AUROC curve analysis was performed to determine the predictors' optimal cut-off values and diagnostic performance. Results: The pCR group (n = 24) showed a significantly smaller tumor size, lower SWEmax, higher Ki-67 index, higher hormone receptor negativity and negative axillary lymph node metastasis compared to the non-pCR group (n = 64). Multivariate regression analysis showed that SWEmax (adjusted odds ratio[aOR] = 0.956, 95 % confidence interval [CI] = 0.919-0.994, P = 0.025) and Ki-67 index (aOR = 1.083, 95 % CI = 1.012-1.159, P = 0.021) were independently associated with pathologically complete response. The optimal cut-off values for predicting pCR were 27.5 % for Ki-67 with an AUC of 0.743 and 134.8 kPa for SWEmax with an AUC of 0.779. A combination model including clinical factors and SWEmax showed the best diagnostic performance with an AUC of 0.876. Conclusion: A higher Ki-67 index and lower SWEmax measured on pretreatment breast US were independently associated with pCR in invasive breast cancer after NAC.
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