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Whole-body (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) for staging locally advanced breast cancer: A prospective study from a tertiary cancer centre in south India

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) is associated with substantial risk of occult metastases. The patients with LABC have high rate of systemic relapse, suggesting inadequacy of the current conventional staging in detecting the occult metastatic spread. (18)F-fluorodeo...

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Autores principales: Gajjala, Sivanath Reddy, Hulikal, Narendra, Kadiyala, Silpa, Kottu, Radhika, Kalawat, Tekchand
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29923514
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1368_16