In the United States in 2017, an estimated 255,180 new breast cancer cases will be
diagnosed. 1 In 2013, breast cancer deaths totaled 773,100 person-years of life lost, with …

Invasive lobular cancer (ILC) is the second most common type of breast cancer. It is
characterized by a unique growth pattern making it difficult to detect on conventional breast …

Purpose To compare the performance characteristics of positron emission mammography
(PEM) with those of whole-body PET (WBPET) and PET/CT in women with newly diagnosed …

Approaches to imaging the breast with nuclear medicine and/or molecular imaging methods
have been under investigation since the late 1980s when a technique called …

Anatomic imaging such as mammography and ultrasound imaging are the mainstay of
conventional breast imaging. Contrast-enhanced MR imaging, which is both anatomic and …

Positron emission tomography (PET), with or without integrated computed tomography (CT),
using 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is based on the principle of elevated glucose …

Mammography is currently the standard breast cancer screening procedure, even though it
is constrained by low specificity in the detection of malignancy and low sensitivity in women …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to examine additional diagnostic workup and
costs generated by addition of a single molecular breast imaging (MBI) examination to …

Breast-dedicated radionuclide imaging systems show promise for increasing clinical
sensitivity for breast cancer while minimizing patient dose and cost. We present several …

Several imaging modalities have been introduced over recent years to better screen for and
stage breast cancer. Positron emission mammography (PEM) has been approved by the US …