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Breast Cancer
Scintigraphy tracer does not detect angiogenic nuances in invasive breast cancer lesions
December 8th, 2005
Scintigraphy tracer does not detect angiogenic nuances in invasive breast cancer lesions. According to recent research from Turkey, "this study was undertaken to assess the correlation between the degree of accumulation and the washout of 99m technetium methoxyisobutylisonitrile (Tc-99m-MIBI) and angiogenesis in MIBI-positive breast lesions. Twenty-eight patients (mean age, 51±11 years) with 31 breast lesions who underwent scintimammography were studied." "Anterior, left and right prone lateral images were obtained 20 min and 3 h after the injection of 740 MBq Tc-99m-MIBI. All breast lesions showed increased Tc-99m-MIBI uptake. Early and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-08)
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