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Relationship between ultrasound values and pathology and metastasis in patients with breast cancer
1Department of Ultrasound, Hangzhou Fuyang Women and Children Hospital Hangzhou 311400, Zhejiang, China.
Purpose:
This study was designed to investigate the relationship between ultrasound values of breast cancer and its pathology and metastasis.
Methods:
A retrospective study was conducted on 80 patients diagnosed with breast cancer by pathologic examination in our hospital. The tumor size, tumor type, tumor grade, and the presence of distant metastasis were recorded. Vascular invasion, molecular subtype, pathobiologic indicators, and other measures were analyzed to explore the correlation between ultrasound measurements and pathology and metastasis in breast cancer patients.
Result:
The proportion of ultrasound scores did not differ significantly among the groups (P > 0.05). The enrolled subjects were grouped according to tumor types (intraductal carcinoma, invasive ductal carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma, and special types), tumor grade (grade 1-3), metastasis, vascular invasion, and pathobiologic indicators (positive or negative ER/PR and HER-2 expression). These factors affected the ultrasound scores of breast cancer patients, resulting in significant differences in the proportions of scores between the groups (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
The ultrasound scores of breast cancer are closely related to its pathologic changes, and this has implications for the types of pathological tissues, biologic indicators, and presence of metastasis. Therefore, ultrasound values may be useful as a primary pathologic screening method for breast cancer patients.
