Abstract:Objective To investigate the correlation between signal characteristics of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T2WI and the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (Ki-67) in breast cancer. Methods A total of 122 cases of breast cancer in our hospital were selected from September 2011 to April 2017 with a retrospective study of random sampling method. T2WI signals characteristics and DWI ADC values of breast cancer were recorded, immunohistochemical detection of Ki-67 was done. Results The positive rate of Ki-67 in cancer and adjacent tissues was 54.9% and 23.8%, respectively. The positive rate of Ki-67 in cancer tissues was higher than that in adjacent tissues (P < 0.05). T2WI signal characteristics of the cancer tissues (78 cases, 63.9%) were mainly high or high light signals, while were mainly low or equal ones for adjacent tissues (9 cases, 7.4%) . The ADC value in cancer tissues was (0.89 ± 0.12 × 10-3/mm2), which was lower than that (1.67 ± 0.24 × 10-3/mm2) in the adjacent tissues (t = 10.382, P < 0.05). In cancer tissues, Spearman correlation coefficient analysis showed there was positive correlation between T2WI high signal and Ki-67 positive rate (rs = 0.724, P < 0.05), while T2WI high signal was negatively correlated with ADC value (rs = -0.452, P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that the T2WI high signal and ADC value were also the independent risk factors of Ki-67 positive rate (P < 0.05). Conclusion In breast cancer, signal of MRI T2WI is mostly high; expression rate of Ki-67 is high and is negatively correlated with ADC. T2WI signal characteristics can be used for breast cancer screening and prognosis.