Correlation of the value of sonoelastography strain ratio with the degree of pathological regression in patients with locally advanced breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Abstract

The article presents the data on capability of sonoelastography for the evaluation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy effectiveness in breast cancer. Qualitative and quantitative changes of the strain ratio correlate with the degree of pathological regression.

Keywords

• compression sonoelastography
• strain ratio
• neoadjuvant chemotherapy
• breast cancer