OBJECTIVE:

Establish if there is a relationship between the radiological findings and the immunophenotype of breast cancer.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

An observational, cross-sectional, retrospective study realized at the ABC Medical Center, over a period of 4 years, that included patients diagnosed with breast cancer performed by percutaneous or excisional biopsy, with an immunohistochemical study and images (mammography and/or ultrasound). The relationship between the morphological characteristics of the lesions observed in the radiological studies and the immunophenotyped was studied by means of the χ2 test.

RESULTS:

We included 182 patients, among the characteristics of the lesions we found a significant relationship between the masses of irregular morphology with spiculate edges and the calcifications grouped with luminal tumors; calcifications of amorphous morphology with luminal A and pleomorphic fine tumors with luminal B.

CONCLUSION:

The results suggest that there is a relationship between the morphological findings by imaging and the immunophenotype of mammary tumors.

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