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Research progress on the application value of apparent diffusion coefficient of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer
ZHOU Yan  ZHU Xu’na  LIU Lidong 

Cite this article as: Zhou Y, Zhu XN, Liu LD. Research progress on the application value of apparent diffusion coefficient of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(6): 111-113, 117. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.06.023.


[Abstract] Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) is one of the common functional imaging techniques in the diagnosis of breast cancer. It has the characteristics of non-invasive, visible and accurate, and also simple operation, no injection of contrast agent and good contrast. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), as a quantitative parameter of DWI, can assess the biological characteristics of tumor, such as tissue cells quantity, water content, cell membrane integrity and the degree of blood vessels, etc, there are important clinical value for the diagnosis of clinical work to provide quantitative reference information in the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast disease. This review is about to introduce the application value of apparent diffusion coefficient in the diagnosis, pathological grade, molecular subtype, evaluation of chemotherapy, peritumoral invasion and axillary lymph node metastasis of breast cancer.
[Keywords] breast cancer；apparent diffusion coefficient；diffusion weighted imaging；magnetic resonance imaging

ZHOU Yan   ZHU Xu’na   LIU Lidong*  

Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Key Clinical Specialty (Department of Medical Imaging), Dominant Cultivation Discipline of Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital (Department of Medical Imaging), Nanning 530021, China

Liu LD, E-mail: evanlld@sina.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

This work was part of the Major Research and Development Project of Guangxi (No. Guike AB18126041); The Project Contract for Development and Popularization and Application of Appropriate Medical and Health Technology in Guangxi (No.S2019046); Guangxi Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging Construction (No. Guike AD20238096).
Received  2020-12-16
Accepted  2021-01-28
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.06.023
Cite this article as: Zhou Y, Zhu XN, Liu LD. Research progress on the application value of apparent diffusion coefficient of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(6): 111-113, 117. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.06.023.

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