The Role of PET/CT for Evaluating Breast Cancer
Korean Journal of Radiology
;
: 429-437, 2007.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-227243
ABSTRACT
Positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) has been receiving increasing attention during the recent years for making the diagnosis, for determining the staging and for the follow-up of various malignancies. The PET/CT findings of 58 breast cancer patients (age range 34-79 years old, mean age 50 years) were retrospectively compared with the PET or CT scans alone. PET/CT was found to be better than PET or CT alone for detecting small tumors or multiple metastases, for accurately localizing lymph node metastasis and for monitoring the response to chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.
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Main subject:
Bone Neoplasms
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Breast
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Breast Neoplasms
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Mammography
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Radiographic Image Enhancement
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Reproducibility of Results
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Retrospective Studies
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Ultrasonography, Mammary
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Sensitivity and Specificity
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Radiology
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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