Gu WQ, Cai SM, Liu WD, Zhang Q, Shi Y, Du LJ. Combined molybdenum target X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging examinations improve breast cancer diagnostic efficacy. World J Clin Cases 2022; 10(2): 485-491 [PMID: 35097073 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i2.485]
Corresponding Author of This Article
Li-Juan Du, MHSc, Attending Doctor, Department of Radiology, Punan Hospital, No. 279 Linyi Road, Shanghai 200126, China. haomiao2010@126.com
Research Domain of This Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Article-Type of This Article
Retrospective Study
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Wen-Quan Gu, Sun-Mei Cai, Wei-Dong Liu, Qi Zhang, Ying Shi, Li-Juan Du, Department of Radiology, Punan Hospital, Shanghai 200126, China
Author contributions: Gu WQ and Du LJ designed the research study; Cai SM and Zhang Q performed the research; Yang CH contributed new reagents and analytic tools; Gu WQ and Cai SM analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; all authors have read and approve the final manuscript.
Supported byClinical Plateau Department, Shanghai Pudong New Area Health Construction Commission, No. PWYgy2018-04.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Punan Hospital Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Li-Juan Du, MHSc, Attending Doctor, Department of Radiology, Punan Hospital, No. 279 Linyi Road, Shanghai 200126, China. haomiao2010@126.com
Received: September 9, 2021 Peer-review started: September 9, 2021 First decision: October 18, 2021 Revised: October 19, 2021 Accepted: December 3, 2021 Article in press: December 3, 2021 Published online: January 14, 2022
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
The incidence of breast cancer among young people has been on the rise in recent years.
Research motivation
Early breast cancer diagnosis is critical.
Research objectives
Explore more sensitive and accurate breast cancer screening methods.
Research methods
Patients diagnosed with breast cancer at our hospital were recruited, as were the same number of patients diagnosed with benign breast tumors during the same period.
Research results
The combined methodology detected 61 breast cancer cases and 61 benign breast tumor cases. The sensitivity (96.83%) and accuracy (96.83%) of the combined methodology were higher than single-method magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (84.13% and 90.48%, respectively) and molybdenum target X-ray (79.37% and 87.30%, respectively).
Research conclusions
Combined molybdenum target X-ray and MRI examinations for diagnosing breast cancer improved the diagnostic sensitivity and accuracy.
Research perspectives
Early diagnosis of cancer is very important, we need to find more early cancer diagnosis methods in the future.
