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Breast Cancer
Findings from Menoufiya University, Medical Department broaden understanding of breast cancer
January 8th, 2009
According to a study from Egypt, "This prospective study was designed to assess the utility of the dual time point imaging technique using 2-[F-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D- glucose (FDG) positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to detect primary breast cancer and to determine whether it is useful for the detection of small and non-invasive cancers, as well as cancers in dense breast tissue. One hundred and eleven patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer underwent two sequential PET/CT examinations (dual time point imaging) for preoperative staging." "The maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of FDG was measured from both time points. The percentage...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-08)
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