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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer findings from National Defense Medical College, Medical College published
August 7th, 2008
According to recent research from Saitama, Japan, "Accurate evaluation of axillary lymph node (ALN) involvement is mandatory before treatment of primary breast cancer. The aim of this study is to compare preoperative diagnostic accuracy between positron emission tomography/computed tomography with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18-FDG PET/CT) and axillary ultrasonography (AUS) for detecting ALN metastasis in patients having operable breast cancer, and to assess the clinical management of axillary F-18-FDG PET/CT for therapeutic indication of sentinel node biopsy (SNB) and preoperative systemic chemotherapy (PSC)." "One hundred eighty-three patients with primary operable...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-08-07)
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