• Accuracy and reading time for six strategies using digital breast tomosynthesis in women with mammographically negative dense breasts 

      Tagliafico, Alberto S; Calabrese, Massimo; Bignotti, Bianca; Signori, Alessio; Fisci, Erica; Rossi, Federica; Valdora, Francesca; Houssami, Nehmat
      Published 2017
      The objective of this study was to compare six strategies using digital breast tomosynthesis in women with mammographically negative dense breasts. This is a substudy of the ‘ASTOUND’ trial. 163 women who underwent ...
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    • Adjunct Screening With Tomosynthesis or Ultrasound in Women With Mammography-Negative Dense Breasts: Interim Report of a Prospective Comparative Trial 

      Tagliafico, Alberto S; Calabrese, Massimo; Mariscotti, Giovanna; Durando, Manuela; Tosto, Simona; Monetti, Francesco; Airalda, Sonia; Bignotti, Bianca; Nori, Jacopo; Bagni, Antonella; Signori, Alessio; Sormani, Maria Pia; Houssami, Nehmat
      Published 2016
      Purpose Debate on adjunct screening in women with dense breasts has followed legislation requiring that women be informed about their mammographic density and related adjunct imaging. Ultrasound or tomosynthesis can detect ...
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    • Breast cancer Ki-67 expression prediction by digital breast tomosynthesis radiomics features 

      Tagliafico, Alberto S; Bignotti, Bianca; Rossi, Federica; Matos, Joao; Calabrese, Massimo; Valdora, Francesca; Houssami, Nehmat
      Published 2019
      The aim of this paper was to investigate whether quantitative radiomic features extracted from digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) are associated with Ki-67 expression of breast cancer. This was a prospective ethically ...
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    • Diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced spectral mammography: Systematic review and meta-analysis. 

      Tagliafico, Alberto S; Bignotti, Bianca; Rossi, Federica; Signori, Alessio; Somani, Maria; Valdora, Francesca; Calabrese, Massimo; Houssami, Nehmat
      Published 2016
      The purpose of this study was to estimate sensitivity and specificity of CESM for breast cancer diagnosis. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the accuracy of CESM in finding breast cancer in highly selected women. ...
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    • An exploratory radiomics analysis on digital breast tomosynthesis in women with mammographically negative dense breasts. 

      Tagliafico, Alberto S; Valdora, Francesca; Mariscotti, Giovanna; Durando, Manuela; Nori, Jacopo; La Forgia, Daniele; Rosenberg, Ilan; Caumo, Francesca; Gandolfo, Nicoletta; Houssami, Nehmat; Calabrese, Massimo
      Published 2018
      To compare Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) for cancers and normal screens in women with dense breasts and negative mammography using a Radiomics approach. A substudy (N = 40) of the ‘Adjunct Screening With Tomosynthesis ...
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    • Lesions of uncertain malignant potential of the breast (B3) on vacuum-assisted biopsy for microcalcifications: Predictors of malignancy 

      Mariscotti, Giovanna; Durando, Manuela; Ruggirello, Irene; Calabrese, Massimo; Fonio, Paolo; Houssami, Nehmat; Belli, Paolo; Caumo, Francesca; Nori, Jacopo; Zuiani, Chiara; Tagliafico, Alberto; Bicchierai, Giulia; Romanucci, Giovanna; Londero, Viviana; Campanino, Pier Paolo; Bussone, Riccardo; Castellano, Isabella; Mule, Antonio; Caneva, Andrea; Bianchi, Simonetta; Di Loreto, Carla; Bergamasco, Laura
      Published 2020
      To investigate clinical, radiologic and pathologic features of B3 lesions diagnosed on VABB targeting microcalcifications, for identifying predictors of malignancy. This retrospective multi-centre study included consecutive ...
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    • Preoperative breast MRI positively impacts surgical outcomes of needle biopsy–diagnosed pure DCIS: a patient-matched analysis from the MIPA study. 

      Cozzi, Andrea; Di Leo, Giovanni; Houssami, Nehmat; Gilbert, Fiona J.; Helbich, Thomas H.; Álvarez Benito, Marina; Balleyguier, Corinne; Bazzocchi, Massimo; Bult, Peter; Calabrese, Massimo; Herrero, Julia; Cartia, Francesco; Cassano, Enrico; Clauser, Paola; de Lima Docema, Marcos; Depretto, Catherine; Dominelli, Valeria; Forrai, Gábor; Girometti, Rossano; Harms, Steven; Hilborne, Sarah; Ienzi, Raffaele; Lobbes, Marc; Losio, Claudio; Mann, Ritse; Montemezzi, Stefania; Obdeijn, Inge-Marie; Ozcan, Umit; Pediconi, Federica; Pinker, Katja; Preibsch, Heike; Raya Povedano, José; Saccarelli, Carolina; Sacchetto, Daniela; Scaperrotta, Gianfranco; Schlooz, Margrethe; Szabó, Botond; Taylor, Donna; Ulus, Sila; Van Goethem, Mireille; Veltman, Jeroen; Weigel, Stefanie; Wenkel, Evelyn; Zuiani, Chiara; Sardanelli, Francesco
      Published 2023
      The objective of the study was to investigate the influence of preoperative breast MRI on mastectomy and reoperation rates in patients with pure ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). The MIPA observational study database ...
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    • A prospective comparative trial of adjunct screening with tomosynthesis or ultrasound in women with mammography-negative dense breasts (ASTOUND-2). 

      Tagliafico, Alberto S; Mariscotti, Giovanna; Valdora, Francesca; Durando, Manuela; Nori, Jacopo; La Forgia, Daniele; Rosenberg, Ilan; Caumo, Francesca; Gandolfo, Nicoletta; Sormani, Maria Pia; Signori, Alessio; Calabrese, Massimo; Houssami, Nehmat
      Published 2018
      Increased risk of breast cancer (BC) and increased risk of an interval BC at mammography screening are associated with high mammographic density. Adjunct imaging detects additional BCs not detected at mammography screening ...
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    • Rapid review: radiomics and breast cancer. 

      Valdora, Francesca; Houssami, Nehmat; Rossi, Federica; Calabrese, Massimo; Tagliafico, Alberto S
      Published 2018
      Purpose: To perform a rapid review of the recent literature on radiomics and breast cancer (BC). Methods: A rapid review, a streamlined approach to systematically identify and summarize emerging studies was done (updated ...
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