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Application progress of MRI radiomics in predicting the prognosis of breast cancer
WANG Yu  WEN Shengbao  ZHOU Hongyu  HAN Qiancheng  ZHAO Yalong 

WANG Y, WEN S B, ZHOU H Y, et al. Application progress of MRI radiomics in predicting the prognosis of breast cancer[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2023, 14(9): 136-140. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.09.025.


[Abstract] Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide and is characterized by intra- and inter-tumor heterogeneity that strongly contributes towards its poor prognosis. With more and more high-precision diagnosis and treatment data, breast Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiomics shows great potential. MRI is the most sensitive imaging method for breast cancer as it provides a comprehensive assessment of the overall tumor information by observing the morphological and hemodynamic characteristics of the lesion. As a new research field for high-throughput extraction and quantitative analysis of image features, radiomics has received extensive attention and been applied in the field of tumors in recent years. We summarized the steps of the work flow of radiomics, and according to the published literature to study the application of MRI radiomics in predicting the prognosis of breast cancer, as well as the limitations and challenges of radiomics in this paper, so as to provide ideas for clinical accurate diagnosis and treatment and improve the level of prognosis evaluation of breast cancer in female population.
[Keywords] breast cancer；dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging；prognosis；radiomics；nomograms；prediction；magnetic resonance imaging

WANG Yu   WEN Shengbao*   ZHOU Hongyu   HAN Qiancheng   ZHAO Yalong  

Imaging Center of Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining 810000, China

Corresponding author: Wen SB, E-mail: qdfyyxzxwsb@126.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The ICON Research Fund Project of the China Red Cross Foundation's "Yingrui Northwest Public Welfare Project" (No. XM_HR_ICON_2020_10).
Received  2023-05-12
Accepted  2023-07-27
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.09.025
WANG Y, WEN S B, ZHOU H Y, et al. Application progress of MRI radiomics in predicting the prognosis of breast cancer[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2023, 14(9): 136-140. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.09.025.

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