Diagnostic accuracy of apparent diffusion coefficient value in differentiating metastatic form benign axillary lymph nodes in cancer breast

Purpose: To detect axillary lymph node metastasis based on diffusion Weighted MR and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the known breast cancer cases. Patient and methods: Forty-four patients were included in this study for preoperative MRI staging of the breast cancer and axillary lymph node a...

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Main Authors: Ahmed A. Azeem Ismail, Doaa Ibrahim Hasan, Hasan Abd-Alshakor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X14001168