Table 1 Patient characteristics of the 102 patients including 51 breast cancer cases and 51 matched controls.

From: DCE-MRI Background Parenchymal Enhancement Quantified from an Early versus Delayed Post-contrast Sequence: Association with Breast Cancer Presence

Characteristics

Cancer cases (n = 51) N (%)

Controls (n = 51) N (%)

Age (years): mean ± SD (range)

47.6 ± 7.4 (34–60)

47.1 ± 7.3 (31–60)

Menopausal status

Ā Premenopausal

28 (55%)

30 (59%)

Ā Postmenopausal

23 (45%)

21 (41%)

MRI performed outside the second week of the menstrual cycle for premenopausal women

15 (29%)

15 (29%)

Diagnostic BI-RADS findings of single-side breast on mammography and/or ultrasound

Ā Breast with lesion (cancer/benign)

BI-RADS 4

11 (22%)

47 (92%)

BI-RADS 5

40 (78%)

4 (8%)

Ā Contralateral breast

BI-RADS 1

27 (53%)

21 (41%)

BI-RADS 2

19 (37%)

25 (49%)

BI-RADS 3

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

BI-RADS 4

4 (8%)

4 (8%)

History of prior breast cancer

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Family history of breast cancer

26 (51%)

31 (61%)

Family history of ovarian cancer

3 (6%)

0 (0%)

Known pathogenic BRCA1/2 mutation

2 (4%)

0 (0%)

Prior biopsy (>1 year prior to the studied biopsy)

Ā Atypia

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

Ā Benign abnormality

9 (18%)

6 (12%)

Ā Exogenous hormone use

Ā Hormone replacement therapy

7 (14%)

5 (10%)

Ā Birth control pills

33 (65%)

34 (67%)

Ā Tamoxifen

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

Ā None

5 (10%)

12 (24%)

Cancer type

Ā Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)

2 (4%)

—

Ā Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC)

26 (51%)

—

Ā Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC)

4 (8%)

—

Ā Mixed of IDC and DCIS

18 (35%)

—

Ā Invasive mixed ductal-lobular carcinoma

1 (2%)

—

Tumor size

 ≤2 cm

18 (35%)

—

Ā 2–5 cm

31 (61%)

—

Ā >5 cm

2 (4%)

—

  1. Data are numbers of subjects, with percentages in parentheses.