Breast calcifications affect MRI cancer treatment response prediction

Post-NAC Breast MRI Without Calcifications Associated with 65 Percent Higher Likelihood of Pathologic Complete Response

For HER2-positive breast cancer patients with radiologic complete response on breast MRI after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), the absence of calcifications was associated with over a 13 percent higher positive predictive value (PPV) for pathologic complete response (pCR).

Breast calcifications affect MRI cancer treatment response prediction

Calcifications found in HER2-positive cancers lower the performance of MRI to predict pathologic complete response.