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Table 3 Proportion of patient eligible for MR-HIFU treatment

From: Early health technology assessment of magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound ablation for the treatment of early-stage breast cancer

Inclusion criteria

Proportion (%)

Tumour ≤ 3 cm

78.6

No lymph node metastasis

65.0

No lobular subtype

90.2

No EIC

84.6

No previous surgery

91.3

No renal insufficiency

97.3

Not multifocal

82.0

No BRCA mutation

97.4

Tumour reachable

66.3

Distance to skin ≥ 1 cm

65.0

Eligible patientsa

11.9

  1. EIC extensive intraductal component
  2. ai.e. all of the inclusion criteria present