Do you use breast MRI or ultrasound to assess tumor size prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Either is reasonable. Most often, patients being considered for neoadjuvant therapy have palpable tumors that can easily be followed by PE. Both MR and US could be repeated to guide surgical planning. While MR has become popular, it is less clear that margins are more likely to be negative at initia...
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Medical Oncologist at NYU Winthrop Hospital MR can find occult lesions.
Medical Oncologist at Metro Health Medical Center US breast sometimes underestimates while MRI breas...
MR can find occult lesions.
US breast sometimes underestimates while MRI breas...