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Abstract #3831

Prediction of neoadjuvant therapy response using multiparametric MRI at 3T

Lenka Minarikova 1 , Wolfgang Bogner 1 , Katja Pinker-Domenig 2 , Thomas Helbich 2 , Siegfried Trattnig 1 , and Stephan Gruber 1

1 MRCE, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2 Division of Molecular and Gender Imaging, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Response prediction during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) should have an important role in therapy plan modifications, which would result in increase of disease-free survival. In our study we measured breast cancer patients in three time points: before, during and after the NAC, using DCE and DWI MRI at 3T to look for potentially better response prediction markers. Our results suggest that multiparametric data measured during the ongoing NAC correspond better with histopathologic outcome than data measured after NAC completion. However, mean ADC values alone didnt show any outcome prediction ability.

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