Reliability of Magseed® marking before neoadjuvant systemic therapy with subsequent contrast-enhanced mammography in patients with non-palpable breast cancer lesions after treatment: the MAGMA study
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Magseed® localization reliably marks breast cancer lesions for surgical excision after neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAST). Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) effectively evaluates treatment response, showing high patient satisfaction.
Area Of Science
- Oncology
- Radiology
- Surgical Oncology
Background
- Neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAST) is crucial for treating invasive breast carcinoma.
- Accurate localization and excision of residual tumor lesions post-NAST are essential for effective treatment.
- Evaluating treatment response using imaging modalities like contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) is critical.
Purpose Of The Study
- To evaluate the reliability of using Magseed®, a paramagnetic seed, for localizing residual breast cancer lesions after NAST.
- To assess the utility of CESM in evaluating treatment response following NAST.
- To determine the correlation between imaging-based response and histopathological outcomes.
Main Methods
- An observational, prospective, multicenter study included 109 adult women with invasive breast carcinoma.
- Tumors were marked with Magseed® before NAST and excised using Sentimag® guidance.
- CESM was performed pre- and post-NAST to assess tumor response (RECIST), alongside analysis of surgical and histological data.
Main Results
- Magseed® was successfully retrieved in all surgeries (100%) with no displacement.
- Surgical excision resulted in negative margins in 93.57% of cases, with a low reintervention rate (5.51%).
- CESM-identified RECIST responses strongly correlated with histopathological tumor regression (Miller-Payne grade) and residual lesion size (p < 0.0001).
Conclusions
- Long-term marking of breast cancer lesions with Magseed® is a reliable and feasible method for guiding surgical excision after NAST.
- CESM is a valuable tool for assessing treatment response in conjunction with Magseed® localization.
- The procedure demonstrated high patient satisfaction (98.8%).

