The impact of FDG-PET/CT on the management of breast cancer patients with elevated tumor markers and negative or equivocal conventional imaging modalities

V Filippi, J Malamitsi, F Vlachou, F Laspas… - Nuclear medicine …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective To evaluate the clinical impact of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/computed
tomography (CT) scan on restaging breast cancer patients with rising tumor markers and …

FDG-PET/CT for primary staging and detection of recurrence of breast cancer

D Groheux - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer diagnosed in women worldwide. Accurate
baseline staging is necessary to plan optimal breast cancer management. Early detection …

Utility of PET in breast cancer

N Avril, M Schelling, J Dose, WA Weber… - Clinical Positron …, 1999 - Elsevier
Breast cancer represents the most frequent malignant disease in women and the second
leading cause of cancer death in western countries. Current available treatment includes …

Powerful Prognostic Stratification By [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Treated With High-Dose …

F Cachin, HM Prince, A Hogg, RE Ware… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Purpose This study examines the use of [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography (FDG-PET) for the evaluation of the therapeutic response for patients treated …

[HTML][HTML] Positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the management of recurrent/metastatic breast cancer: a large retrospective study from the Royal …

A Constantinidou, A Martin, B Sharma, SRD Johnston - Annals of oncology, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Despite the increasing use of positron emission tomography/computed
tomography (PET/CT) in the management of patients with breast cancer, its role is yet to be …

Prediction of therapy response in bone-predominant metastatic breast cancer: comparison of [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose and [18F]-fluoride PET/CT with whole-body …

GK Azad, BP Taylor, A Green, I Sandri… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose To compare [18 F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and [18 F]-sodium fluoride
(NaF) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with whole-body …

Prospective study of serial 18F-FDG PET and 18F-fluoride PET to predict time to skeletal-related events, time to progression, and survival in patients with bone …

LM Peterson, J O'Sullivan, QV Wu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
Assessing therapy response of breast cancer bone metastases is challenging. In
retrospective studies, serial 18F-FDG PET was predictive of time to skeletal-related events …

Imaging in metastatic breast cancer, CT, PET/CT, MRI, WB-DWI, CCA: review and new perspectives

D Lother, M Robert, E Elwood, S Smith, N Tunariu… - Cancer Imaging, 2023 - Springer
Background Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in women and remains the second
leading cause of death in Western countries. It represents a heterogeneous group of …

Comparative diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/CT for breast cancer recurrence

R Piva, F Ticconi, V Ceriani, F Scalorbi… - … Cancer: Targets and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In the last decades, in addition to conventional imaging techniques and magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed …

Initial experience with FDG-PET/CT in the evaluation of breast cancer

M Tatsumi, C Cohade, KA Mourtzikos… - European journal of …, 2006 - Springer
Purpose We retrospectively reviewed FDG-PET/CT images in patients with breast cancer to
determine whether PET/CT improved the level of diagnostic confidence as compared with …