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Table 2 Diagnostic performance of preoperative CE-MRI in different molecular tumor subtypes

From: Radiologic complete response (rCR) in contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CE-MRI) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer predicts recurrence-free survival but not pathologic complete response (pCR)

Percentage (95% CI)

All

Luminal A

Luminal B

HER2+/HR+

HER2+/HR-

TNBC

P value*

pCR rate

29%

5%

28%

30%

49%

37%

Sensitivity

75% (63–84%)

33% (1–91%)

100% (56–100%)

73% (39–94%)

63% (35–85%)

79% (61–91%)

0.120

Specificity

67% (59–74%)

74% (60–85%)

57% (32–76%)

54% (33–73%)

53% (28–77%)

74% (60–84%)

0.139

PPV

48% (38–57%)

7% (0.2–32)

47% (22–69%)

40% (19–64%)

56% (31–78%)

63% (47–78%)

0.003

NPV

87% (79–92%)

95% (84–99%)

100% (68–100%)

82% (57–96%)

60% (32–84%)

86% (73–94%)

0.009

Accuracy

69% (63–75%)

72% (58–83%)

69% (49–84%)

59% (42–75%)

58% (39–74%)

76% (65–84%)

< 0.001

  1. CE-MRI contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, pCR pathologic complete response, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, TNBC triple-negative breast cancer
  2. *Fisher’s exact test for all subgroups