The Role of (18)F-FDG-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Staging Primary Breast Cancer

Despite Medicare approving the use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in staging primary breast cancer, little evidence is available to support the use of (18)F-FDG-PET/CT for the detection of distant metastases in the initial staging of breast cancer. In this review of the...

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Autores principales: Niikura, Naoki, Ueno, Naoto T.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2010
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Mini-Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2931351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20842224
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description Despite Medicare approving the use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in staging primary breast cancer, little evidence is available to support the use of (18)F-FDG-PET/CT for the detection of distant metastases in the initial staging of breast cancer. In this review of the literature listed in MEDLINE, we examine whether (18)F-FDG-PET/CT may play a role in the initial staging of breast cancer. We discuss studies comparing PET/CT with conventional imaging for diagnosing distant metastases and axillary and extra-axillary lymph node metastases.
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spelling pubmed-29313512010-09-14 The Role of (18)F-FDG-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Staging Primary Breast Cancer Niikura, Naoki Ueno, Naoto T. J Cancer Mini-Review Despite Medicare approving the use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in staging primary breast cancer, little evidence is available to support the use of (18)F-FDG-PET/CT for the detection of distant metastases in the initial staging of breast cancer. In this review of the literature listed in MEDLINE, we examine whether (18)F-FDG-PET/CT may play a role in the initial staging of breast cancer. We discuss studies comparing PET/CT with conventional imaging for diagnosing distant metastases and axillary and extra-axillary lymph node metastases. Ivyspring International Publisher 2010-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2931351/ /pubmed/20842224 Text en © Ivyspring International Publisher. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Reproduction is permitted for personal, noncommercial use, provided that the article is in whole, unmodified, and properly cited.
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The Role of (18)F-FDG-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Staging Primary Breast Cancer
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title_short The Role of (18)F-FDG-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Staging Primary Breast Cancer
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