Clinical Study

The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Preoperative Planning for Patients Undergoing Therapeutic Mammoplasty

Table 1


Conventional imaging + MRIConventional imaging only

Mean age (years) (range)52.2 (43–62)56.7 (37–77)

Multifocal tumour43

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy40

Tumour type (assessed on final histology)Invasive ductal: 3Invasive ductal: 3
Invasive and DCIS: 6Invasive and DCIS: 11
DCIS alone: 3DCIS alone: 3
Lobular: 1Lobular: 1
Complete pathological response to NACT: 2Phyllodes: 2