Abstract #1034
Correlation of electric conductivity with prognostic factors in invasive breast cancer
Soo-Yeon Kim 1 , Jaewook Shin 2 , Dong-Hyun Kim 2 , Min-Jung Kim 1 , and Eun-Kyung Kim 1
1
Radiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei
University College of Medicine, Seoul, Seodaemun-gu,
Korea,
2
Electronic
and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul,
Seodaemun-gu, Korea
The electric conductivity has shown its potential to
differentiate benign and malignant breast tissue. We
investigate the correlation between the electric
conductivity with known prognostic factors of invasive
breast cancer using the electric properties tomography
reconstruction algorithm and multi-receive coil combined
technique. Breast cancers with the established poor
prognostic factors (axillary lymph node metastasis,
lymphovascular invasion and high histologic grade)
showed higher conductivity value than those without. Our
results show the possibility that the electric
conductivity can be differentiated according to the
known prognostic markers in invasive breast cancers.
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