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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 7.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Feb;204(2):241–251. doi: 10.2214/AJR.14.13357

TABLE 3.

Summary of 21 Cancers Identified in 21 Study Participants at 365 Days After Study Entry

Histopathologic Finding Tumor Size (cm) Tumor Grade TNM Category Age (y) Menopausal Status Breast Density

Cancers found on MBI only (n = 14)
 IDC 4.1 2 T2N2M0 54 Premenopausal Scattered fibroglandular densities
 ILC 3.6 2 T2N1M0 67 Postmenopausal Extremely dense
 IDC multifocal 2.0 1 T1cN0M0 77 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
 IDC 1.9 2 T1cN0M0 65 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
 IDCa 1.4 1 T1cN0M0 63 Postmenopausal Scattered fibroglandular densities
 IDC 0.9 2 T1aN0M0 64 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
 IDCb 0.9 1 T1bN0M0 70 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
 IDC 0.8 1 T1bN0M0 81 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
 IDC multifocal 0.7 3 T1bN0M0 75 Postmenopausal Scattered fibroglandular densities
 ILC 0.5 1 T1bN0M0 73 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
 IDC 0.5 1 T1aN0M0 70 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
 DCIS 1.6 Intermediate grade T1s (DCIS) 71 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
 DCIS 0.6 Intermediate grade Tis (DCIS) 64 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
 DCIS multifocal 0.4 Low grade Tis (DCIS) 49 Premenopausal Extremely dense
Cancers found on mammography only (n = 2)
 IDC 0.3 2 T1aN0M0 49 Premenopausal Heterogeneously dense
 DCIS 0.5 Intermediate grade Tis (DCIS) 62 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
Cancers found on both MBI and mammography (n = 3)
 IDC 2.2 3 T2N0M0 64 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
 IDC multifocal 1.6 1 T1cN1M0 53 Perimenopausal Extremely dense
 DCIS with microinvasion 2.0 High grade Tis (DCIS) 74 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense
Cancers found on neither MBI nor mammography
(interval cancers) (n = 2)
 ILC multifocal 0.7 1 T1bN0M0 45 Premenopausal Extremely dense
 ILC multifocal 0.6 1 T1bN0M0 69 Postmenopausal Heterogeneously dense

Note—MBI = molecular breast imaging, IDC = invasive ductal carcinoma, ILC = invasive lobular carcinoma in situ, DCIS = ductal carcinoma in situ.

a

In addition to the invasive cancer detected only on MBI, a mammographically occult 5.0-cm high-grade DCIS was detected by MBI in the contralateral breast.

b

In addition to the invasive cancer detected only on MBI, a mammographically occult 0.8-cm low-grade DCIS was detected by MBI in the contralateral breast.