Table 4 Characteristics of the breast cancer patients in our study sorted by the results from the elastogram (comparison of true positives and false negatives)
From: Ultrasound real-time elastography can predict malignancy in BI-RADS®-US 3 lesions
Characteristics of the breast cancer patients | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Tumor type | Longest axis on histology (mm) | Longest axis on US (mm) | Distance from skin on US (mm) | TES | BI-RADS on MG | Time since last MG (months) |
True positive cases (suspicious elastogram in breast cancer patients) | |||||||
77 | IDC | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
73 | IDC | 15 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
77 | DCIS | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
39 | DCIS | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | n.a.1 | n.a.1 |
58 | IDC | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
False negative cases (benign elastogram in breast cancer patients) | |||||||
71 | IDC | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
48 | IMC | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
71 | IDC | 11 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 |