MR imaging T2 patterns of 37 primary tumor beds in 37 patients 6 weeks posttreatment, pretreatment and posttreatment details, and clinical outcome at the primary site
Posttreatment T2 Pattern (0–3) | Pretreatment Primary Tumor | Size of Residual Masses (median in cm; range) | Local Failured | Local Controle |
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0: Complete resolution No focal massa | All tumors of expansile intermediate T2 signal without deep extension (size, 1.7–3.6 cm; stage, T4 = 0) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 1 | 2 |
1: Scar tissue mass Flat-edged/retracted low T2 signal massb | All tumors of expansile intermediate T2 signal with deep extension (size, 2.0–5.1 cm; stage, T4 = 4) | 1.9 (0.7–2.5) | 0 | 14 |
2: Indeterminate mass Mass without features defined in pattern 1 or 3 | All tumors of expansile intermediate T2 signal with deep extension (size, 1.4–7.3 cm; stage, T4 = 7) | 2.0 (1.3–3.2) | 6 | 5 |
3: Residual cancer mass Focal expansile mass ≥ 1 cm in size of intermediate T2 signalc | All tumors of expansile intermediate T2 signal with deep extension (size, 2.9–7.3 cm; stage, T4 = 8) | 2.6 (2.0–5.4) | 9 | 0 |