Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Deep learning radiomics can predict axillary lymph node status in early-stage breast cancer

  • Xueyi Zheng,
  • Zhao Yao,
  • Yini Huang,
  • Yanyan Yu,
  • Yun Wang,
  • Yubo Liu,
  • Rushuang Mao,
  • Fei Li,
  • Yang Xiao,
  • Yuanyuan Wang,
  • Yixin Hu,
  • Jinhua Yu,
  • Jianhua Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15027-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Breast cancer is frequently diagnosed using ultrasound. Here, the authors show that, in addition to ultrasound, shear wave elastography can be used to diagnose breast cancer and, in conjunction with deep learning and radiomics, can predict whether the disease has spread to axillary lymph nodes.