Open AccessUltrasonographic Features of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: a Comparison with Other Breast Cancer Subtypes
Author(s) -
Qi Yang,
Hongyan Liu,
Dan Liú,
Yanqiu Song
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of cancer prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2476-762X
pISSN - 1513-7368
DOI - 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.8.3229
Subject(s) - medicine , triple negative breast cancer , breast cancer , radiology , mammography , cancer , breast ultrasound , microcalcification , oncology
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is known to be associated with aggressive biologic features and a poor clinical outcome. Therefore, early detection of TNBC without missed diagnosis is a requirement to improve prognosis. Preoperative ultrasound features of TNBC may potentially assist in early diagnosis as characteristics of disease.