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

Whole-body 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18F-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. 18F-fluorodeoxy...

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Main Authors: Sivanath Reddy Gajjala, Narendra Hulikal, Silpa Kadiyala, Radhika Kottu, Tekchand Kalawat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
Breast neoplasms - computed tomography - distant metastasis - 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose - PET/CT
Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2018;volume=147;issue=3;spage=256;epage=262;aulast=Gajjala

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