Women's Health Weekly
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Women's Health Weekly
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Breast Cancer
Reports from University of Pennsylvania highlight recent research in breast cancer
May 22nd, 2008
" The main objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) to assess the impact of this technique in staging of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer. Two hundred and seventy-one consecutive patients (median age=51 +/- 11 years) with biopsy-proven primary breast cancer who were examined by FDG PET were enrolled in this prospective preoperative staging study," scientists in the United States report. "Whole-body FDG-PET images were acquired approximately 60 min after the intravenous administration of FDG (5.2 MBq/kg). Visual assessment and the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-05-22)
|
