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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 77 lesionsa

From: The diagnostic performance of quantitative mapping in breast cancer patients: a preliminary study using synthetic MRI

  Benign Malignant P - value
Lesions 29 48
MRI Size (mm) 24.4 ± 10.2 (rang: 10–46) 29.5 ± 14.5 (rang: 10–66) 0.105
Age (years) 45.8 ± 7.9 (rang: 33–62) 49.1 ± 10.6 (rang: 25–62) 0.425
Hormonal Status    0.611
 Premenopausal 13 (44.8%) 24 (50%)
 Postmenopausal 16 (55.2%) 24 (50%)
Breast density    0.763
 Non dense breastb 6 (20.7%) 8 (16.7%)
 Dense breastc 23 (79.3%) 40 (83.3%)
Histopathology   
Fibroadenoma 12 Invasive ductal cancer 41
Adenosis 17 Invasive lobular cancer 5
   Neuroendocrine cancer 2  
  1. aMultiple lesions were founded in one breast, only the largest one with similar characteristics was analyzed in one breast
  2. bIncludes “almost entirely fat” and “scattered fibroglandular tissue”
  3. cIncludes “Heterogeneously dense” and “Extremely dense”