Application progress of MRI in triple-negative breast cancer

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is characterized by distinct biological and clinical pathological features. Due to its high aggressive and malignant, and lack of effective therapeutic targets, it has a worse prognosis. Compared with Non-TNBC, TNBC shows some characteristics in magnetic resonance imaging. Functional MR imaging, such as perfusion weighted imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy, can quantitatively evaluate the tumor microvascular perfusion and cellular metabolism, and can also monitor neoadjuvant chemotherapy effect on TNBC. Here, we summarized the MRI application status on identifying of TNBC and assessing of neoadjuvant chemotherapy efficacy. (authors)