Publications Print Leon-Ferre RA, Whitaker KR, Suman VJ, Hoskin T, Giridhar KV, Moore RM, Al-Jarrad A, McLaughlin SA, Northfelt DW, Hunt KN, Conners AL, Moyer A, Carter JM, Kalari K, Weinshilboum R, Wang L, Ingle JN, Knutson KL, Ansell SM, Boughey JC, Goetz MP, Villasboas JC. Pre-treatment peripheral blood immunophenotyping and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in operable breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. 2024 Jun 10; 26 (1):97 Epub 2024 June 10 View PubMed Hruska CB, Gray LR, Jenkins SM, Block EA, Hunt KN, Conners AL, Zingula SN, O'Connor MK, Rhodes DJ. A Survey of Patient Experience During Molecular Breast Imaging. J Nucl Med Technol. 2024 Jun 5; 52 (2):107-114 Epub 2024 June 05 View PubMed Hunt KN, Conners AL, Gray L, Hruska CB, O'Connor MK. Molecular Breast Imaging Biopsy with a Dual-Detector System. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2024 Jun; 6 (4):e230186 View PubMed Smith KA, Hunt KN, Rauch GM, Fowler AM. Molecular Breast Imaging in the Screening Setting. J Breast Imaging. 2023 May 22; 5 (3):240-247 View PubMed Hunt KN, Conners AL, Samreen N, Rhodes DJ, Johnson MP, Hruska CB. PPV of the Molecular Breast Imaging Lexicon. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2023 Jan; 220 (1):40-48 Epub 2022 July 20 View PubMed Hruska CB, Corion C, Geus-Oei LF, Adrada BE, Fowler AM, Hunt KN, Kappadath SC, Pilkington P, Arias-Bouda LMP, Rauch GM. SNMMI Procedure Standard/EANM Practice Guideline for Molecular Breast Imaging with Dedicated y-Cameras Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. 2022; 50(2):103-110. Viers LD, Hunt KN. Lymph Node Staging in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer: Point-Preoperative Staging Axillary Ultrasound Is Valuable in the Contemporary Evaluation of Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 Apr; 218 (4):598-599 Epub 2021 Sept 29 View PubMed Conners AL, Clark SE, Brandt KR, Hunt KN, Chida LM, Tibor LC, Ruter RL, Khanani SA. Leveling the Workload for Radiologists in Diagnostic Mammography: Application of Lean Principles and Heijunka. J Breast Imaging. 2022 Jan 27; 4 (1):61-69 View PubMed Conners A, Clark S, Brandt K, Hunt K, Chida L, Tibor L, Ruter R, Khanani S. Leveling the Workload for Radiologists in Diagnostic Mammography: Application of Lean Principles and Heijunka Journal of Breast Imaging. 2021 Dec 22; 4(1):61-69. Boughey JC, Suman VJ, Yu J, Santo K, Sinnwell JP, Carter JM, Kalari KR, Tang X, McLaughlin SA, Moreno-Aspitia A, Northfelt DW, Gray RJ, Hunt KN, Conners AL, Ingle JN, Moyer A, Weinshilboum R, Copland JA 3rd, Wang L, Goetz MP. Patient-Derived Xenograft Engraftment and Breast Cancer Outcomes in a Prospective Neoadjuvant Study (BEAUTY). Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Sep 1; 27 (17):4696-4699 Epub 2021 June 02 View PubMed Hunt KN. Molecular Breast Imaging: A Scientific Review. J Breast Imaging. 2021 Aug 12; 3 (4):416-426 View PubMed Anderson TL, Brandts HM, Gunderson T, Fazzio RT, Hunt KN, Heimbach JK, Glazebrook KN. Breast cancers observed in transplant patients in a single institution. Clin Imaging. 2021 Aug; 76:26-29 Epub 2021 Jan 29 View PubMed Patel MD, Benefield T, Hunt KN, Tomblinson CM, Ali K, DeBenedectis CM, England E, Gaviola GC, Ho CP, Jay AK, Milburn JM, Ong S, Robbins JB, Sarkany DS, Heitkamp DE, Jordan SG. USMLE Step 3 Scores Have Value in Predicting ABR Core Examination Outcome and Performance: A Multi-institutional Study. Acad Radiol. 2021 May; 28 (5):726-732 Epub 2020 Aug 07 View PubMed Yu J, Qin B, Moyer AM, Sinnwell JP, Thompson KJ, Copland JA 3rd, Marlow LA, Miller JL, Yin P, Gao B, Minter-Dykhouse K, Tang X, McLaughlin SA, Moreno-Aspitia A, Schweitzer A, Lu Y, Hubbard J, Northfelt DW, Gray RJ, Hunt K, Conners AL, Suman VJ, Kalari KR, Ingle JN, Lou Z, Visscher DW, Weinshilboum R, Boughey JC, Goetz MP, Wang L. Correction to: Establishing and characterizing patient-derived xenografts using pre-chemotherapy percutaneous biopsy and post-chemotherapy surgical samples from a prospective neoadjuvant breast cancer study. Breast Cancer Res. 2021 Mar 25; 23 (1):41 View PubMed Woodard GA, Bhatt AA, Knavel EM, Hunt KN. Mastitis and More: A Pictorial Review of the Red, Swollen, and Painful Breast. J Breast Imaging. 2021 Jan 26; 3 (1):113-123 View PubMed Patel MD, Hunt KN, Benefield T, Ali K, DeBenedectis CM, England E, Ho CP, Jay AK, Milburn JM, Robbins JB, Sarkany DS, Tomblinson CM, Heitkamp DE, Jordan SG. The Relationship Between ACR Diagnostic Radiology In-Training Examination Scores and ABR Core Examination Outcome and Performance: A Multi-Institutional Study. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Dec; 17 (12):1663-1669 Epub 2020 May 29 View PubMed Conners AL, Ellis R, Fazzio RT, Hruska CB, Hunt KN, O'Connor MK, Rhodes DJ, Shermis R. Comment on "Radiation Doses and Risks in Breast Screening". J Breast Imaging. 2020 Nov 21; 2 (6):519-520 View PubMed Dibble EH, Hunt KN, Ehman EC, O'Connor MK. Molecular Breast Imaging in Clinical Practice. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 Aug; 215 (2):277-284 Epub 2020 June 17 View PubMed Heitkamp DE, Cooke EA, Deitte LA, Hunt KN, Milburn JM, Patel AK, Robbins JB. Radiology Program Directors Should Have an Active Presence on Twitter. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Feb; 17 (2):293-295 Epub 2019 Dec 13 View PubMed Tao AT, Hruska CB, Conners AL, Hunt KN, Swanson TN, Tran TD, Manduca A, Borges L, Maidment ADA, Lake D, Johnson MP, Carter RE, Rhodes DJ, O'Connor MK. Dose Reduction in Molecular Breast Imaging With a New Image-Processing Algorithm. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 Jan; 214 (1):185-193 Epub 2019 Oct 08 View PubMed Hunt KN, Hruska CB, Johnson MP, Conners AL, O'connor MK, Rhodes DJ, Basappa S, Wahner-Roedler D. Molecular Breast Imaging in Patients with Suspicious Calcifications. J Breast Imaging. 2019 Dec 5; 1 (4):303-309 View PubMed Hunt KN, Conners AL, Goetz MP, O'Connor MK, Suman V, Kalari K, Weinshilboum R, Wang L, Carter J, McLaughlin S, Aspitia AM, Gray R, Northfelt D, Boughey JC. Comparison of (99m)Tc-Sestamibi Molecular Breast Imaging and Breast MRI in Patients With Invasive Breast Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2019 Oct; 213 (4):932-943 Epub 2019 June 05 View PubMed Hunt KN, Swanson T, O'Connor MK, Sandhu NP. Detection of multicentric breast cancer using dedicated breast PET. Breast J. 2019 May; 25 (3):512-514 Epub 2019 Apr 06 View PubMed Glazebrook KN, Doerge S, Leng S, Drees TA, Hunt KN, Zingula SN, Pruthi S, Geske JR, Carter RE, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG. Ability of Dual-Energy CT to Detect Silicone Gel Breast Implant Rupture and Nodal Silicone Spread. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2019 Apr; 212 (4):933-942 Epub 2019 Feb 19 View PubMed Hruska CB, Hunt KN, Conners AL, Geske JR, Brandt KR, Degnim AC, Vachon CM, O'Connor MK, Rhodes DJ. Impact of short-term low-dose tamoxifen on molecular breast imaging background parenchymal uptake: a pilot study. Breast Cancer Res. 2019 Mar 8; 21 (1):38 Epub 2019 Mar 08 View PubMed Samreen N, Hunt KN, Hruska CB, Rhodes DJ. Molecular breast imaging detected invasive lobular carcinoma in dense breasts: A case report. Clin Case Rep. 2019 Mar; 7 (3):442-444 Epub 2019 Jan 28 View PubMed Carter RE, Attia ZI, Geske JR, Conners AL, Whaley DH, Hunt KN, O'Connor MK, Rhodes DJ, Hruska CB. Classification of Background Parenchymal Uptake on Molecular Breast Imaging Using a Convolutional Neural Network. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2019 Feb; 3:1-11 View PubMed Ruddy KJ, Sangaralingham L, Freedman RA, Mougalian S, Neuman H, Greenberg C, Jemal A, Duma N, Haddad TC, Lemaine V, Ghosh K, Hieken TJ, Hunt K, Vachon C, Gross C, Shah ND. Adherence to Guidelines for Breast Surveillance in Breast Cancer Survivors. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2018 May; 16 (5):526-534 View PubMed Swanson TN, Tran TD, Hruska CB, Solberg CM, Rhodes DJ, Hunt KN, Conners AL, O'Connor MK. Patient Acceptance of Half-dose Vs. Half-time Molecular Breast Imaging. J Med Imaging Radiat Sci. 2018 Mar; 49 (1):39-43 Epub 2017 Sept 13 View PubMed Swanson T, Tran TD, Ellingson L, O'Connor MK, Rhodes DJ, Hunt KN, Conners AL, Hruska CB. BEST PRACTICES IN MOLECULAR BREAST IMAGING: A GUIDE FOR TECHNOLOGISTS. J Nucl Med Technol. 2018 Feb 2 Epub 2018 Feb 02 View PubMed Illman JE, Terra SB, Clapp AJ, Hunt KN, Fazzio RT, Shah SS, Glazebrook KN. Granulomatous diseases of the breast and axilla: radiological findings with pathological correlation. Insights Imaging. 2018 Feb; 9 (1):59-71 Epub 2018 Feb 05 View PubMed O'Connor MK, Tran TD, Swanson TN, Ellingson LR, Hunt KN, Whaley DH. Improved visualization of breast tissue on a dedicated breast PET system through ergonomic redesign of the imaging table. EJNMMI Res. 2017 Dec 19; 7 (1):100 View PubMed Yu J, Qin B, Moyer AM, Sinnwell JP, Thompson KJ, Copland JA 3rd, Marlow LA, Miller JL, Yin P, Gao B, Minter-Dykhouse K, Tang X, McLaughlin SA, Moreno-Aspitia A, Schweitzer A, Lu Y, Hubbard J, Northfelt DW, Gray RJ, Hunt K, Conners AL, Suman VJ, Kalari KR, Ingle JN, Lou Z, Visscher DW, Weinshilboum R, Boughey JC, Goetz MP, Wang L. Establishing and characterizing patient-derived xenografts using pre-chemotherapy percutaneous biopsy and post-chemotherapy surgical samples from a prospective neoadjuvant breast cancer study. Breast Cancer Res. 2017 Dec 6; 19 (1):130 Epub 2017 Dec 06 View PubMed Knight JA, Hunt KN, Carter J. Nodular fasciitis of the breast in an elderly woman. Radiol Case Rep. 2017 Dec; 12 (4):642-644 Epub 2017 Aug 12 View PubMed O'Connor MK, Morrow MMB, Hunt KN, Boughey JC, Wahner-Roedler DL, Conners AL, Rhodes DJ, Hruska CB. Comparison of Tc-99m maraciclatide and Tc-99m sestamibi molecular breast imaging in patients with suspected breast cancer. EJNMMI Res. 2017 Dec; 7 (1):5 Epub 2017 Jan 14 View PubMed Goetz MP, Kalari KR, Suman VJ, Moyer AM, Yu J, Visscher DW, Dockter TJ, Vedell PT, Sinnwell JP, Tang X, Thompson KJ, McLaughlin SA, Moreno-Aspitia A, Copland JA, Northfelt DW, Gray RJ, Hunt K, Conners A, Sicotte H, Eckel-Passow JE, Kocher JP, Ingle JN, Ellingson MS, McDonough M, Wieben ED, Weinshilboum R, Wang L, Boughey JC. Tumor Sequencing and Patient-Derived Xenografts in the Neoadjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2017 Jul 1; 109 (7) View PubMed Jethwa KR, Kahila MM, Hunt KN, Brown LC, Corbin KS, Park SS, Yan ES, Boughey JC, Mutter RW. Delineation of Internal Mammary Nodal Target Volumes in Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Mar 15; 97 (4):762-769 Epub 2016 Nov 27 View PubMed O'Connor MK, Morrow MM, Tran T, Hruska CB, Conners AL, Hunt KN. Technical Note: Development of a combined molecular breast imagingultrasound system for diagnostic evaluation of MBI-detected lesions. Med Phys. 2017 Feb; 44: (2)451-459. View PubMed Long Z, Conners AL, Hunt KN, Hruska CB, O'Connor MK. Performance characteristics of dedicated molecular breast imaging systems at low doses. Med Phys. 2016 Jun; 43: (6)3062-3070. View PubMed Hruska CB, Scott CG, Conners AL, Whaley DH, Rhodes DJ, Carter RE, O'Connor MK, Hunt KN, Brandt KR, Vachon CM. Background parenchymal uptake on molecular breast imaging as a breast cancer risk factor: a case-control study. Breast Cancer Res. 2016 Apr 26; 18 (1):42 View PubMed Conners AL, Jones KN, Hruska CB, Geske JR, Boughey JC, Rhodes DJ. Direct-Conversion Molecular Breast Imaging of Invasive Breast Cancer: Imaging Features, Extent of Invasive Disease, and Comparison Between Invasive Ductal and Lobular Histology. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Sep; 205 (3):W374-81 View PubMed Ellingson MS, Hart SN, Kalari KR, Suman V, Schahl KA, Dockter TJ, Felten SJ, Sinnwell JP, Thompson KJ, Tang X, Vedell PT, Barman P, Sicotte H, Eckel-Passow JE, Northfelt DW, Gray RJ, McLaughlin SA, Moreno-Aspitia A, Ingle JN, Moyer AM, Visscher DW, Jones K, Conners A, McDonough M, Wieben ED, Wang L, Weinshilboum R, Boughey JC, Goetz MP. Exome sequencing reveals frequent deleterious germline variants in cancer susceptibility genes in women with invasive breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Sep; 153 (2):435-43 Epub 2015 Aug 22 View PubMed Hruska CB, Conners AL, Jones KN, O'Connor MK, Moriarty JP, Boughey JC, Rhodes DJ. Diagnostic workup and costs of a single supplemental molecular breast imaging screen of mammographically dense breasts. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Jun; 204 (6):1345-53 View PubMed Hruska CB, Rhodes DJ, Conners AL, Jones KN, Carter RE, Lingineni RK, Vachon CM. Background parenchymal uptake during molecular breast imaging and associated clinical factors. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Mar; 204 (3):W363-70 View PubMed O'Connor MK, Hruska CB, Tran TD, Swanson T, Conners AL, Jones K, Rhodes DJ. Factors influencing the uptake of 99mTc-sestamibi in breast tissue on molecular breast imaging. J Nucl Med Technol. 2015 Mar; 43(1):13-20. Epub 2015 Jan 22. View PubMed Rhodes DJ, Hruska CB, Conners AL, Tortorelli CL, Maxwell RW, Jones KN, Toledano AY, O'Connor MK. Journal club: molecular breast imaging at reduced radiation dose for supplemental screening in mammographically dense breasts. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Feb; 204 (2):241-51 View PubMed Glazebrook KN, Zingula S, Jones KN, Fazzio RT. Breast imaging findings in haematological malignancies. Insights Imaging. 2014 Dec; 5 (6):715-22 Epub 2014 Aug 07 View PubMed Hruska CB, Conners AL, Jones KN, Weinmann AL, Lingineni RK, Carter RE, Rhodes DJ, O'Connor MK. Half-time Tc-99m sestamibi imaging with a direct conversion molecular breast imaging system. EJNMMI Res. 2014 Jan 15; 4 (1):5 View PubMed Mitchell D, Hruska CB, Boughey JC, Wahner-Roedler DL, Jones KN, Tortorelli C, Conners AL, O'Connor MK. 99mTc-sestamibi using a direct conversion molecular breast imaging system to assess tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in women with locally advanced breast cancer. Clin Nucl Med. 2013 Dec; 38 (12):949-56 View PubMed Jones KN, Magut M, Henrichsen TL, Boughey JC, Reynolds C, Glazebrook KN. Pure lobular carcinoma of the breast presenting as a hyperechoic mass: incidence and imaging characteristics. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013 Nov; 201(5):W765-9. View PubMed Torstenson T, Shah-Khan MG, Hoskin TL, Morton MJ, Adamczyk DL, Jones KN, Case J, Chartier S, Boughey JC. Novel factors to improve prediction of nodal positivity in patients with clinical T1/T2 breast cancers. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013 Oct; 20(10):3286-93. Epub 2013 Jul 12. View PubMed Hieken TJ, Boughey JC, Jones KN, Shah SS, Glazebrook KN. Imaging response and residual metastatic axillary lymph node disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for primary breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013 Oct; 20(10):3199-204. Epub 2013 Jul 12. View PubMed Hieken TJ, Trull BC, Boughey JC, Jones KN, Reynolds CA, Shah SS, Glazebrook KN. Preoperative axillary imaging with percutaneous lymph node biopsy is valuable in the contemporary management of patients with breast cancer. Surgery. 2013 Oct; 154 (4):831-8; discussion 838-40 View PubMed Swapp RE, Glazebrook KN, Jones KN, Brandts HM, Reynolds C, Visscher DW, Hieken TJ. Management of benign intraductal solitary papilloma diagnosed on core needle biopsy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013 Jun; 20 (6):1900-5 Epub 2013 Jan 13 View PubMed Jones KN, Pruthi S, Boughey JC, Simmons PS. Management of adolescent breast masses. J Surg Radiol. 2013 Apr 1; 4(2):59-63. Jones KN, Guimaraes LS, Reynolds CA, Ghosh K, Degnim AC, Glazebrook KN. Invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast: imaging features with clinical and pathologic correlation. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013 Mar; 200 (3):689-95 View PubMed Jones KN. Imaging of the adolescent breast. Semin Plast Surg. 2013 Feb; 27 (1):29-35 View PubMed Pruthi S, Jones KN. Nonsurgical management of fibroadenoma and virginal breast hypertrophy. Semin Plast Surg. 2013 Feb; 27 (1):62-6 View PubMed Ansari B, Morton MJ, Adamczyk DL, Jones KN, Brodt JK, Degnim AC, Jakub JW, Lohse CM, Boughey JC. Distance of breast cancer from the skin and nipple impacts axillary nodal metastases. Ann Surg Oncol. 2011 Oct; 18 (11):3174-80 Epub 2011 Aug 23 View PubMed Glazebrook KN, Jones KN, Dilaveri CA, Perry K, Reynolds C. Imaging features of carcinoid tumors metastatic to the breast. Cancer Imaging. 2011 Jun 29; 11:109-15 Epub 2011 June 29 View PubMed Jones KN, Glazebrook KN, Reynolds C. Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia: imaging findings with pathologic and clinical correlation. 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