Novel quantitative imaging for predicting response to therapy: techniques and clinical applications

K Bera, V Velcheti… - American Society of …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OVERVIEW The current standard of Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST)–
based tumor response evaluation is limited in its ability to accurately monitor treatment …

A review of breast density implications and breast cancer screening

J Lian, K Li - Clinical breast cancer, 2020 - Elsevier
Breast density is an independent risk factor for breast cancer and significantly decreases the
sensitivity of mammography. Assessing a woman's risk of develo** breast cancer is …

Racial differences in quantitative measures of area and volumetric breast density

AM McCarthy, BM Keller, LM Pantalone… - Journal of the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background: Increased breast density is a strong risk factor for breast cancer and also
decreases the sensitivity of mammographic screening. The purpose of our study was to …

Breast density: why all the fuss?

SJ Vinnicombe - Clinical radiology, 2018 - Elsevier
The term “breast density” or mammographic density (MD) denotes those components of
breast parenchyma visualised at mammography that are denser than adipose tissue. MD is …

Lifecourse growth and development determinants of mammographic density in Black women

Z Bigham, EX Holder, AM Rodday… - Cancer Epidemiology …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Background: High mammographic density is one of the strongest breast cancer risk factors;
however, determinants of high mammographic density are understudied in Black women …

Genetic architecture of mammographic density as a risk factor for breast cancer: a systematic review

A Khorshid Shamshiri, M Alidoust… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Mammography Density (MD) is a potential risk marker that is
influenced by genetic polymorphisms and can subsequently modulate the risk of breast …

Stromal characteristics may hold the key to mammographic density: the evidence to date

AJ Ironside, JL Jones - Oncotarget, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is strong epidemiological data indicating a role for increased mammographic density
(MD) in predisposing to breast cancer, however, the biological mechanisms underlying this …

Breast parenchymal patterns in processed versus raw digital mammograms: A large population study toward assessing differences in quantitative measures across …

A Gastounioti, A Oustimov, BM Keller… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose With raw digital mammograms (DMs), which retain the relationship with x‐ray
attenuation of the breast tissue, not being routinely available, processed DMs are often the …

Mutation of NEKL-4/NEK10 and TTLL genes suppress neuronal ciliary degeneration caused by loss of CCPP-1 deglutamylase function

KM Power, JS Akella, A Gu, JD Walsh, S Bellotti… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Ciliary microtubules are subject to post-translational modifications that act as a “Tubulin
Code” to regulate motor traffic, binding proteins and stability. In humans, loss of CCP1, a …

Breast cancer: influence of tumour volume estimation method at MRI on prediction of pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

SA Henderson, N Muhammad Gowdh… - The British journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Does method of tumour volume measurement on MRI influence prediction of
treatment outcome in patients with primary breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant …