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Different MRI features between BRCA mutant and non-mutant breast cancer patients
LIN Luyi  WANG Zezhou  XIAO Qin  HU Zhen  GU Yajia  YOU Chao 

Cite this article as: LIN L Y, WANG Z Z, XIAO Q, et al. Different MRI features between BRCA mutant and non-mutant breast cancer patients[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(1): 21-27. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.01.004.


[Abstract] Objective To investigate the relationship between MRI clinicopathological features and breast cancer susceptibility gene (BRCA) gene mutation in breast cancer.Materials and Methods Retrospective collection clinicopathological, MRI and prognosis data of 81 BRCA gene non-mutant breast cancer and 76 BRCA gene mutant breast cancer patients (including 38 BRCA1 gene mutation and 38 BRCA2 gene mutation) diagnosed and detected BRCA gene status by next generation sequencing technology in Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center from June 2011 to July 2017. Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze the differences of clinicopathologic and MRI features between BRCA gene mutant and non-mutant, BRCA1 gene mutant and BRCA2 gene mutant breast cancer patients.Results There was a statistically significant difference in the distribution of histological types between BRCA gene mutation group and non-mutant breast cancer (P=0.037). The proportion of BRCA-mutated breast cancer with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) was high, and the proportion of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutated breast cancer with IDC was 92.11% and 94.74%, respectively. In univariate analysis, BRCA non-mutant breast cancer was more performed as I+Ⅱ other than type Ⅲ enhancement curve (P=0.041). There was a statistically significant difference in the distribution of mass lesions between BRCA1 gene mutation breast cancer and BRCA2 gene mutation breast cancer (P=0.030). The proportion of BRCA2 gene mutation lesions showing irregular shape was higher, accounting for 87.10% of BRCA2 gene mutation lesions showing mass type. There was no significant difference in fibroglandular composition and BPE characteristics between BRCA mutated and non-mutated breast cancer.Conclusions Histology, molecular subtype and Ki-67 index were different in BRCA mutant and non-mutant breast cancer. Lesion type and enhancement curve type on MRI were also associated with BRCA gene status in univariate analysis.
[Keywords] breast cancer;BRCA gene mutation;distinguish;morphological characteristics of the lesions;enhancement curve;magnetic resonance imaging

LIN Luyi1, 2   WANG Zezhou2, 3   XIAO Qin1, 2   HU Zhen2, 4   GU Yajia1, 2   YOU Chao1, 2*  

1 Department of Radiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China

2 Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

3 Department of Cancer Prevention, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China

4 Department of Breast Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, China

Corresponding author: YOU C, E-mail: youchao8888@aliyun.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2023-10-10
Accepted  2023-12-29
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.01.004
Cite this article as: LIN L Y, WANG Z Z, XIAO Q, et al. Different MRI features between BRCA mutant and non-mutant breast cancer patients[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(1): 21-27. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.01.004.

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