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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 May;204(5):1100–1108. doi: 10.2214/AJR.13.12325

TABLE 2.

Residual Cancer Status Based on Lesion Histology and Maximal Imaging Size and Cryoablation Procedure Parameters

Subject Histology Maximal Tumor Diameter (cm) Preablation Imaging Modality Ice Ball Diameter Goal (cm) Ice Ball Diameter (cm) on First Freezea Time(min) Added to First Freezeb Ice Ball Diameter (cm) on Second Freezea Cancer Present in Surgical Resection Specimen?

1 IDC/DCIS 0.9 MRI 2.58 2.81 3.29 No
2 IDC 1.4 Ultrasound, MRI 2.74 3.02 3.39 No
3 IDC 1.4 MRI 2.92 3.42 3.83 No
4 IDC 1.5 MRI 2.93 3.13 5.5 3.10 No
5 IDC 0.7 Mammography 2.62 2.63 2.88 No
6 IDC 1.2 MRI 2.90 3.13 5.0 2.96 No
7 IDC/DCIS 1.4 MRI 3.19 3.19 3.5 3.60 No
8 IDC 1.3 MRI, mammography 3.14 3.19 0.5 3.40 No
9 IDC 1.2 MRI 3.20 3.19 2.0 3.82 No
10 IDC 1.2 MRI, mammography 2.94 3.17 3.60 No
11 IDC/DCIS 0.8 MRI 2.62 2.85 3.9 3.13 No
12 IDC/DCIS 1.5 MRI 2.96 3.10 3.28 Yes (0.3-cm IDC/DCIS)
13 IDC 1.3 Ultrasound, MRI 3.14 3.14 3.42 No
14 IDC/DCIS 1.4 MRI 2.96 3.11 3.05 No
15 IDC/DCIS 0.9 MRI 2.66 2.71 4.0 2.90 No
16 IDC/DCIS 0.9 MRI 2.80 2.80 3.0 3.06 Yes (0.8-cm DCIS)
17 IDC 0.9 MRI, mammography 2.70 2.80 1.0 2.86 No
18 IDC/DCIS 1.1 MRI 2.82 3.28 3.57 Yes (0.1-cm DCIS)
19 IDC/DCIS 1.4 MRI 3.04 3.11 3.60 No
20 IDC/DCIS 1.1 MRI 2.70 2.88 3.33 No

Note—IDC = invasive ductal carcinoma, DCIS = ductal carcinoma in situ.

a

As shown on transverse ultrasound.

b

To meet ice ball diameter goal.