Published January 2021 | Version v1
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Application of the Kaiser score to increase diagnostic accuracy in equivocal lesions on diagnostic mammograms referred for MR mammography

Creators

  • 1. Department of Radiology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Delhi (India)
  • 2. Department of Histopathology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Delhi (India)
  • 3. Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
  • 4. Department of Surgical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Delhi (India)
  • 5. Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Delhi (India)
  • 6. Department of Laboratory & Transfusion Services and Director Research, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Delhi (India)

Description

Highlights: • Kaiser score overcomes potential shortcomings of moderate inter-reader agreement of BIRADS lexicon and provides higher diagnostic accuracy. • Score • Score >=8 was highly suggestive of malignancy in 100 % of previously assigned ACR-BIRADS 4 lesions , thus significantly improving certainty. • Unnecessary biopsies could have been avoided using the Kaiser score clinical decision tool in 60.8 % cases. We aimed to interpret MR mammography (MRM) using the Kaiser scores for equivocal or inconclusive lesions on mammography (MG).

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109413

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109413;
PII
S0720048X20306033;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Journal of Radiology
Journal Volume
134
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0720-048X
CODEN
EJRADR

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
54001560
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS; MAMMARY GLANDS; NEOPLASMS; NMR IMAGING
Descriptors DEC
BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; GLANDS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIOLOGY

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