Imaging in Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 December 2024 | Viewed by 1096
Special Issue Editors
Interests: breast cancer treatment; prognostic factors; sentinel lymph node; individualized treatment; ovarian cancer; endometrial cancer
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Breast cancer is the most frequent female malignancy worldwide and research on its diagnosis and treatment is continuously ongoing. Imaging techniques for breast cancer diagnosis have recently undergone considerable progress, not only leading to improvements of the classic tools like mammography and breast ultrasound, but also introducing more sophisticated techniques like breast MRI and, more recently, contrast-enhanced mammography. These latter techniques have greatly modified the standard management of preoperative assessment of women with breast cancer, with significant impact on the choice of surgical procedure. Indeed, progress in breast imaging has greatly contributed to improved clinical outcomes. However, there are some controversies related to the proper use of these technologies. In addition, the development of new systems to remove or destroy diseased tissues, including vacuum-assisted excision (VAE), thermoablation, cryoablation and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), have allowed the introduction of new image-guided minimally invasive approaches to the treatment of breast lesions. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an update on the role of new and old imaging techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of breast lesions.
Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts, either original research, metanalysis or review articles, contributing to the advancement of knowledge and to the discussion on these topics.
Dr. Tommaso Susini
Dr. Jacopo Nori Cucchiari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mammography
- breast ultrasound
- axillary ultrasound
- breast MRI
- contrast-enhanced mammography
- digital breast thomosynthesis
- thermoablation
- crioablation
