Journal article
Imaging Lymphatic System in Breast Cancer Patients with Magnetic Resonance Lymphangiography
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of gadolinium (Gd) contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance lymphangiography (MRL) in breast cancer patients within a typical clinical setting, and to establish a Gd-MRL protocol and identify potential MRL biomarkers for differentiating metastatic from non-metastatic lymph nodes.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: 32 patients with unilateral breast cancer were enrolled and divided into 4 groups of 8 patients. Groups I, …
Authors
Lu Q; Hua J; Kassir MM; Delproposto Z; Dai Y; Sun J; Haacke M; Hu J
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 8, No. 7,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date
2013
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0069701
ISSN
1932-6203