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Location of Triple-Negative Breast Cancers: Comparison with Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancers on MR Imaging

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  • Won Hwa Kim
  • Wonshik Han
  • Jung Min Chang
  • Nariya Cho
  • In Ae Park
  • Woo Kyung Moon

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There has been a major need to better understand the biological characteristics of triple-negative breast cancers. Compared with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive cancers, several magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings have been reported as characteristic findings. However, information regarding their location has not been described. Our study was to compare the location of triple-negative breast cancers with that of ER-positive breast cancers using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The locations of 1102 primary breast cancers (256 triple-negative and 846 ER-positive) in 1090 women (mean, 52.1 years) were reviewed using three-dimensional (3D) coordinates. The x-axis measurement was recorded as the transverse distance from the posterior nipple line; y-axis measurement as the anteroposterior distance from the chest wall; z-axis measurement as the superoinferior distance from the posterior nipple line. The association between breast cancer subtype and tumor location was evaluated using multiple linear regression analysis. Triple-negative breast cancers were significantly closer to the chest wall than ER-positive breast cancers in absolute (1.8 cm vs. 2.3 cm, P

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  • Won Hwa Kim & Wonshik Han & Jung Min Chang & Nariya Cho & In Ae Park & Woo Kyung Moon, 2015. "Location of Triple-Negative Breast Cancers: Comparison with Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancers on MR Imaging," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(1), pages 1-12, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0116344
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116344
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