Keywords: Breast, Breast
Motivation: Little is known regarding biomechanical properties temporal changes during neoadjuvant chemotherapy and associated with treatment response in breast cancer.
Goal(s): We investigate temporal changes in neoadjuvant chemotherapy-associated biomechanical parameters quantified by multifrequency MR elastography and assess biomechanical parameters as a predictor of pathologic complete response (pCR) and disease-free survival (DFS).
Approach: We enrolled participants who underwent multifrequency MR-elastography (30,40,50 and 60 Hz) at four timepoints. Tomoelastography postprocessing provided biomechanical maps of shear-wave-speed (c) and loss-angle (φ) as proxies of stiffness and viscosity.
Results: Multifrequency MR elastography–derived biomechanical parameters were valuable biomarkers for pCR and DFS in patients with breast cancer.
Impact: Combining biomechanical parameters quantified by multifrequency MR elastography and clinicopathologic variables showed good performance for predicting pathologic complete response and disease-free survival in breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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