DCE-MRI parameters | TNBC (%) | Non-TNBC (%) | P value |
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FGT | | | 0.104 |
A/almost entirely fatty | 12 | 0 | |
B/scattered FGT | 56 | 44 | |
C/heterogenous FGT | 32 | 48 | |
D/extreme FGT | 0 | 8 | |
BPE | | | 0.264 |
Minimal | 40 | 56 | |
Mild | 36 | 36 | |
Moderate | 24 | 8 | |
Type of lesion enhanced | | | 0.866 |
Focus | 9.3 | 12.5 | |
Mass | 60.5 | 56.3 | |
NME | 30.2 | 31.3 |
Mass associated with NME | | | 0.185 |
Associated | 32 | 16 | |
Non-associated | 68 | 84 | |
Mass/shape | | | 0.008 |
Oval | 7.7 | 7.4 | |
Round | 30.8 | 3.7 | |
Irregular | 61.5 | 88.9 | |
Mass/margin | | | |
Circumscribed | 30.8 | 11.1 | |
Non-circumscribed (irregular or spiculated) | 69.2 | 88.9 | 0.078 |
Mass/internal enhancement | | | 0.001 |
Homogenous | 23.1 | 70.4 | |
Heterogenous | 30.8 | 22.2 | |
Rim enhancement | 46.2 | 7.4 | |
NME/distribution | | | 0.833 |
Focal | 30.8 | 40 | |
Linear | 23.1 | 13.3 | |
Segmental | 15.4 | 26.7 | |
Regional | 15.4 | 13.3 | |
Diffuse | 15.4 | 6.7 | |
NME/internal enhancement | | | 0.450 |
Homogenous | 46.2 | 26.7 | |
Heterogenous | 30.8 | 53.3 | |
Clumped | 23.1 | 20 | |
T2 signal intensity | | | < 0.001 |
High | 62.8 | 16.7 | |
Low | 34.9 | 79.2 | |
Indistinct | 2.3 | 4.2 | |
T2 STIR signal intensity | | | < 0.001 |
High | 86.0 | 35.4 | |
Low | 11.6 | 60.4 | |
Indistinct | 2.3 | 4.2 | |
Axillary lymph nodes | | | 0.563 |
Non-specific/not pathological | 28.0 | 32 | |
Pathological | 72.0 | 68 | |
K. curve | | | 0.673 |
Type I: persistent | 16.7 | 16.2 | |
Type II: plateau | 38.9 | 29.7 | |
Type III: washout | 44.4 | 54.1 | |