The Assessment of Background Parenchymal Enhancement (BPE) in a High-Risk Population: What Causes BPE?

OBJECTIVE: To investigate promoting factors for background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) in MR mammography (MRM). METHODS: 146 patients were retrospectively evaluated, including 91 high-risk patients (50 BRCA patients, 41 patients with elevated lifetime risk). 56 screening patients were matched to t...

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Main Authors: Chao You, Anna K. Kaiser, Pascal Baltzer, Julia Krammer, Yajia Gu, Weijun Peng, Stefan O. Schönberg, Clemens G. Kaiser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:Translational Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936523317303790