Ultrasound Elastography Combined With BI-RADS-US Classification System: Is It Helpful for the Diagnostic Performance of Conventional Ultrasonography?
When the 2003 BI-RADS was considered, UE could give US some help in differentiating breast lesions. However, when the 2013 BI-RADS was considered, UE gave little help to US, although it reduced unnecessary biopsies of benign category 4A lesions.
It may be important to consider aspects of therapeutic design such as the administration route or scheduling of drugs in patients receiving concurrent chemotherapy and opioid therapy to avoid pharmacokinetic interactions between the two agents.