Performanţele metodelor imagistice în screeningul şi diagnosticul cancerului de sân

Abstract

Breast cancer imposes a significant burden on our society. According to the 2020 data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), approximately 2.3 million women in 185 countries were diagnosed with breast can­cer, and 685,000 women lost their lives to the disease. Me­di­cal imaging is essential for the timely detection and the precise staging of breast cancer, playing a crucial role in cancer management. Although there have been notable advancements in medical imaging, there is no single ima­ging technique that can comprehensively identify and cha­rac­te­rize all breast abnormalities. Hence, a combined mo­da­lity approach may still be required in certain cases. This review offers a comprehensive analysis of the imaging techniques used in breast cancer diagnosis, assessing their efficacy, strengths, weaknesses and clinical utility. In order to collect relevant articles on breast cancer detection methods, an extensive search was carried out across databases, including PubMed, Elsevier and Google Scholar.