Ultrasonography methods for predicting malignancy in canine mammary tumors

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 5; p. e0178143
• Main Authors: Feliciano, Marcus Antonio Rossi, Uscategui, Ricardo Andrés Ramirez, Maronezi, Marjury Cristina, Simões, Ana Paula Rodrigues, Silva, Priscila, Gasser, Beatriz, Pavan, Leticia, Carvalho, Cibele Figueira, Canola, Júlio Carlos, Vicente, Wilter Ricardo Russiano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 22.05.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acoustics; Animals; Area Under Curve; Benign; Breast cancer; Cancer; Canola; Color; Comparative analysis; Diagnosis; Diagnostic software; Diagnostic systems; Differentiation; Disorders; Dogs; Doppler; Doppler effect; Effectiveness; Elasticity; Elasticity Imaging Techniques - methods; Ethics; Evaluation; Experimental design; Female; Histochemistry; Histopathology; Imaging; Lesions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignancy; Mammary Neoplasms, Animal - diagnosis; Mammary Neoplasms, Animal - diagnostic imaging; Mammography; Medical diagnosis; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Morbidity; Nodules; Patient outcomes; Positron emission tomography; Predictions; Protocol (computers); Radiation; Radiology; Reproduction; Research and Analysis Methods; ROC Curve; Sound waves; Squamous cell carcinoma; Surgery; Tactile stimuli; Tumors; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonics; Ultrasonography, Mammary - methods; Ultrasound; Ultrasound imaging; Vascularization; Veterinary medicine; Veterinary services

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the efficacy of B-mode, Doppler, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS), and Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) elastography in predicting malignancy in canine mammary masses. This was a prospective cohort study from 2014 to 2016, which includ...