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Approximately 183,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the United States. Breast cancer is the leading cancer and the second leading cause of mortality in women. Limitations of mammography with regards to breast cancer detection in women with dense breasts have prompted a considerable interest in FDG-PET for diagnosing breast cancer.
As a whole body technique, PET stages not only axillary and internal mammary nodes but also the whole body for unexpected sites of disease.
The value of FDG-PET for predicting patient outcome has been established.
The role of PET/CT for primary diagnosis and axillary lymph node involvement has not been studied. Most frequently, PET and PET/CT are used to restage breast cancer, identify sites of disease recurrence and to characterize equivocal anatomical “abnormalities”. Finally, treatment monitoring is another important indication for PET or PET/CT.
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Czernin, J., Dahlbom, M., Ratib, O., Schiepers, C. (2004). Breast Cancer. In: Atlas of PET/CT Imaging in Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18517-5_17
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