Preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer with the use of ultrasound image quality indexes

• Published in: Biomedical signal processing and control Vol. 80; p. 104393
• Main Authors: Pawłowska, Anna, Żołek, Norbert, Leśniak-Plewińska, Beata, Dobruch-Sobczak, Katarzyna, Klimonda, Ziemowit, Piotrzkowska-Wróblewska, Hanna, Litniewski, Jerzy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2023
• Subjects: Breast cancer; Image quality; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Quantitative ultrasound; Treatment response; Image quality; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Breast cancer; Treatment response; Quantitative ultrasound

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer requires non-invasive methods of monitoring its effects after each dose of drug therapy. The aim is to isolate responding and non-responding tumors prior to surgery in order to increase patient safety and select the optimal medical follow-up. A new met...