Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
502-04-008 ISMRM Abstract

Association of background parenchymal enhancement suppression during neoadjuvant chemotherapy with breast cancer survival

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Natsuko Onishi , Wen Li1, Matthew Gibbons1, Lisa Wilmes1, Pouya Metanat1, Teffany Joy Bareng1, Bonnie Joe1, John Kornak2, Christina Yau3, I-SPY 2 Investigator Network, I-SPY2 Imaging Working Group, Laura J Esserman3, Nola Hylton4
1Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University Of California, San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America
2Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University Of California, San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America
3Department of Surgery, University Of California, San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America
4University Of California, San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America
Presenting Author: Natsuko Onishi

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