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Improved imaging techniques may help identify breast cancer earlier in overweight women
February 27th, 2007
Increasing the ability to identify sentinel nodes - the very first lymph nodes that trap cancer cells draining away from a breast lesion site - has a major impact in the treatment and outcome of breast cancer patients, possibly eliminating the need for unnecessary and painful surgery. Researchers found that using SPECT/CT imaging aids in sentinel node identification - especially for overweight or obese women, according to a report in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Lymphoscintigraphy (a commonly performed nuclear medicine procedure that makes the lymphatic system visible to specialized cameras)-used with single photon emission computed tomography...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-02-27)
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