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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2008 Apr;27(4):825–833. doi: 10.1002/jmri.21330

Table 1.

Comparison of MR Imaging Features between ER Positive and Negative Cancers

ER positive ER negative P value
MR imaging features
Tumor size 1.8 ± 1.3 cm 3.6 ± 2.0 cm < 0.00005
Mass-type lesion 53/53 (100%) 33/40 (82%) < 0.005
Non-mass type lesion 0/53 (0%) 7/40 (18%) < 0.005
Rim enhancement 7/53 (13%) 9/33 (27%) 0.15
Lesion multiplicity 16/53 (30%) 9/33 (27%) 0.81
Malignant DCE kinetics 45/50 (90%) 31/31 (100%) 0.15
Detectable choline 16/30 (53%) 13/18 (72%) 0.23