Diagnostic accuracy of mammography and mammoscintigraphy with 99m Tc-MIBI in detection of minimal breast cancer
In 437 primary patients with breast cancer (BC) we compared diagnostic accuracy of mammography (MG) and mammoscintigraphy (MCG) with 99mTc-MIBI. All women, included in the study, had lesions suspicious for BC. In 108 suspicious lesions were less than 10 mm in diameter. On histology 33 (30,5%) patients had invasive BC, 20 (18,5%) - noninvasive BC, 6 (5,6%) - lobular carcinoma, 2 (1,9%) - mucinous BC, 8 (7,4%) - fibroadenoma and in remained 39 cases (36,1%) - localised fibrosis. In the group of women with lesions below 10 mm sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of MG in diagnosis of BC were 72%, 74%, 73%, for MCG - 62%, 51%, 57%. Combination of MG and MCG helped to increase sensitivity to 93,4%. In 53 women with dense breasts sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of MG were 40%, 71,4%, 64%; for mCg two times higher (82%) with specificity of 55% and 60% accuracy. Combination of MG and MCG allowed increasing the sensitivity of diagnosis of minimal BC 2 times more (up to 91%).