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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2009 Mar 15;115(6):1194–1202. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24154

Table 4.

Correlation of Tumor Sizes (Baseline comparison between imaging finding and PE, and post-neoadjuvant treatment, with final pathological finding)

Clinical assessment n Spearman corr RMSE Bias in cm (%)
Baseline MG 30 0.046 66.1% −3.4 (−46.1%)
Baseline MRI 32 0.559 35.4% −1.2 (−14.8%)
Post-neoadjuvant PE 39 0.655 88.6% −1.2 (−33.8%)
Post-neoadjuvant MG 28 0.146 147.1% −0.3 (−11.6%)
Post-neoadjuvant MRI 34 0.364 92.6% −0.2 (−5.3%)

Note: PE = physical examination; MG = mammography; MRI = Magnetic resonance imaging; corr = correlation