Table 3 Comparison of AUC values for identifying residual lesions.

From: Criteria for identifying residual tumours after neoadjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancers: a magnetic resonance imaging study

 

AUC

 

All types

p-value

HR- HER2-

p-value

HR- HER2 + 

p-value

HR + HER2 + 

p-value

Size vs. SER

Early phase

Size

0.82

0.6995

0.92

0.2866

0.82

0.9246

0.74

0.7781

SER

0.81

0.89

0.83

0.75

Late phase

Size

0.78

0.6102

0.92

0.0305

0.78

0.7273

0.64

0.1216

SER

0.76

0.83

0.76

0.73

Early vs. Late phase

Size

Early phase

0.82

0.0081

0.92

0.9602

0.82

0.1799

0.74

0.0069

Late phase

0.78

0.92

0.78

0.64

SER

Early phase

0.81

0.0018

0.89

0.0533

0.83

0.0373

0.75

0.4399

Late phase

0.76

0.83

0.76

0.73

  1. AUC area under the curve, HR hormone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, SER lesion-to-background parenchymal signal enhancement ratio.