Lesion on Breast MRI (IMAGE)

Dartmouth Health

Lesion on Breast MRI

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Dartmouth researchers led by Saeed Hassanpour, PhD, found a machine learning method to predict the likelihood that a high-risk ADH breast lesion is cancerous. The approach can identify 98% of all malignant cases prior to surgery while sparing 16% of women from undergoing an unnecessary operation for a benign lesion. Once confirmed in larger studies, such models can be desirable for low-risk patients who value a shared decision-making approach to decide whether active surveillance and hormonal therapy is a reasonable alternative to surgical excision.

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National Cancer Institute (<a target="_blank" href="https://www.cancer.gov">https://www.cancer.gov</a>).

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