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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Apr;37(4):344–350. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31824437b3

Table 1.

Comparison of Tumor Size Before and After Neoadjuvant Therapy as Determined by Molecular Breast Imaging, Clinical Examination, Mammography, Ultrasound, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and at Pathology

Type of Examination No. of Breast Cancers Tumor Size, cma
Pre-NT Post-NT At Pathology
MBI 18 5.9 (2.6) 1.8 (2.4) 1.7 (3.0)
CE 16 5.2 (3.7) 1.7 (2.4) 1.7 (3.2)
MMG 8 5.0 (3.3) 0.6 (1.4) 0.4 (0.5)
US 7 3.4 (1.2) 1.2 (1.0) 0.3 (0.4)
MRI 5 6.5 (4.5) 3.7 (3.5) 3.7 (4.7)

Abbreviations: CE, clinical examination; MBI, molecular breast imaging; MMG, mammography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; Post-NT, post-neoadjuvant therapy; Pre-NT, pre-neoadjuvant therapy; US, ultrasound.

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Values are mean (SD).