Predictive value of elastography (Shear-Wave and Elasticity Index) in differentiating benign from malignant breast lesions: a retrospective study in Peru
Gaston (Wilmer) Mendoza, Nancy Muñoz, Jorge Aguilar, Jorge Ayón, Diana Díaz-Llontop, Samantha Mendoza, Claudia Quiñones, Richard Castillo, Luis Taxa · 2026
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Mendoza and eight co-authors test whether stiffness imaging can sort benign breast lumps from cancers in Peru, where evidence of this kind is scarce. The method, elastography, measures how firm a lesion feels to sound waves. Their review covered 189 patients imaged over one year.
Among 85 lesions checked by tissue diagnosis, about 64 percent were malignant. Cancers scored stiffer on both measures used. A shear-wave cutoff of 47.5 kilopascals caught about 80 percent of cancers while clearing two thirds of benign lumps. The imaging grade system still predicted best overall. The authors frame stiffness as a helpful second opinion for radiologists.
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| CREATOR | Gaston (Wilmer) Mendoza, Nancy Muñoz, Jorge Aguilar, Jorge Ayón, Diana Díaz-Llontop, Samantha Mendoza, Claudia Quiñones, Richard Castillo, Luis Taxa |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |