US-guided Diffuse Optical Tomography: Clinicopathological Features Affect Total Hemoglobin Concentration in Breast Cancer.

CONCLUSION: Clinicopathological features of breast cancer, such as ER and PR status, axillary lymph node metastasis, lymphovascular invasion, correlate with THC values. Furthermore, the Ki67 indexes can be predicted using tumor size and THC, useful for pre-surgical evaluation of cancer biology and real-time, non-invasive monitoring of NAC efficacy.
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Source: Translational Oncology - May 9, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Zhi W, Wang Y, Chang C, Wang F, Chen Y, Hu N, Zhu X, Xie L Tags: Transl Oncol Source Type: research