Identifying research priorities in newborn medicine: a Delphi study of parents' views.

Objective: Neonatal conditions can have lifelong implications for the health and well-being of children and families. Traditionally, parents and patients have not been included in shaping the agenda for research and yet they are profoundly affected by the neonatal experience and its consequences. This study aimed to identify consensus research priorities among parents/patients of newborn medicine in Australia and New Zealand.

Breast MRI Does Not Help Differentiating Radial Scar With and Without Associated Atypia or Malignancy.

Purpose: To review breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of radial scar (RS) with and without associated atypia/malignancy.

Methods: Twenty-eight (mean age 56.8) patients diagnosed with 30 biopsy-proven RS (n = 25, ultrasound-guided 14-gauge, n = 5, stereotactically guided 9-gauge) subsequently underwent breast MRI followed by surgery.

Value of Shear Wave Elastography for the Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Microcalcifications of the Breast.

The objective of our study was to evaluate whether shear wave elastography (SWE) can differentiate benign from malignant microcalcifications of the breast when detected on ultrasound (US). Between February 9, and June 23, 2016, 74 patients with mammographically detected suspicious microcalcifications underwent breast US. When microcalcifications were identified on US, stiffness was assessed using SWE.

Can strain elastography improve the characterization of breast lesions identified during second-look MRI-directed sonographic examination?

Purpose: To evaluate strain elastography as a complementary tool for characterization of lesions identified during second-look MRI-directed sonographic examination.

Methods: We reviewed 83 breast lesions evaluated with MRI, secondlook ultrasound (US) and strain elastography in 75 consecutive patients (median age, 56 years). US-guided biopsies were performed in all cases.

Enhancement of breast cancer on pre-treatment dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI using computer-aided detection is associated with response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.

Purpose: To evaluate whether enhancement of breast cancer on pre-treatment dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) as evaluated semi-quantitatively using computer-aided detection (CAD) is associated with response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.

Materials And Methods: A total of 84 women, (mean age, 51±10 [SD] years; range: 30-73 years) with 84 breast cancers who underwent MRI before neo-adjuvant chemotherapy were included in this retrospective study. The proportion of each type of signal intensity-time curve (SITC) (type 1: persistent; type 2: plateau; Type 3: washout) within the tumor volume was quantified semi-automatically using a CAD system (Aegis, Sentinelle medical, Toronto, Canada) and was compared to histological features of the tumors and to pathological response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.