Clinical Significance of Background Parenchymal Enhancement in Breast Cancer Risk Stratification

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BACKGROUND: Background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) is an established breast cancer risk factor. However, the relationship between BPE levels and breast cancer risk stratification remains unclear.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical relationship between BPE levels and breast cancer risk with covariate adjustments for age, ethnicity, and hormonal status.

STUDY TYPE: Retrospective.

POPULATION: 954 screening breast MRI datasets representing 721 women divided into four cohorts: women with pathogenic germline breast cancer (BRCA) mutations (Group 1, N = 211), women with non-BRCA germline mutations (Group 2, N = 60), women without high-risk germline mutations but with a lifetime breast cancer risk of ≥20% using the Tyrer-Cuzick model (Group 3, N = 362), and women with <20% lifetime risk (Group 4, N = 88).

FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE: 3 T/axial non-fat-saturated T1, short tau inversion recovery, fat-saturated pre-contrast, and post-contrast T1-weighted images.

ASSESSMENT: Data on age, body mass index, ethnicity, menopausal status, genetic predisposition, and hormonal therapy use were collected. BPE levels were evaluated by two breast fellowship-trained radiologists independently in accordance with BI-RADS, with a third breast fellowship-trained radiologist resolving any discordance.

STATISTICAL TESTS: Propensity score matching (PSM) was utilized to adjust covariates, including age, ethnicity, menopausal status, hormonal treatments, and prior bilateral oophorectomy. The Mann-Whitney U test, chi-squared test, and univariate and multiple logistic regression analysis were performed, with an odds ratio (OR) and corresponding 95% confidence interval. Weighted Kappa statistic was used to assess inter-reader variation. A P value <0.05 indicated a significant result.

RESULTS: In the assessment of BPE, there was substantial agreement between the two interpreting radiologists (κ = 0.74). Patient demographics were not significantly different between patient groups after PSM. The BPE of Group 1 was significantly lower than that of Group 4 and Group 3 among premenopausal women. In estimating the BPE level, the OR of gene mutations was 0.35.

DATA CONCLUSION: Adjusting for potential confounders, the BPE level of premenopausal women with BRCA mutations was significantly lower than that of non-high-risk women.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 3.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

Enthalten in:

Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI - 59(2024), 5 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 1742-1757

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Murakami, Wakana [VerfasserIn]
Mortazavi, Shabnam [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Tiffany [VerfasserIn]
Kathuria-Prakash, Nikhita [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Ran [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Cheryce [VerfasserIn]
McCann, Kelly E [VerfasserIn]
Lee-Felker, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Sung, Kyunghyun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BRCA
Background parenchymal enhancement (BPE)
Breast MRI
High‐risk screening
Journal Article
Lifetime risk

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmri.29015

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362217297