Breast Cancer
Research from Chungnam National University broadens understanding of breast cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 11th, 2009
"This study was designed to determine whether a preoperative fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) integrated with computed tomography (CT) (FDG-PET/CT) could be used as a guide for axillary node dissection (AND) or sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) in breast cancer patients. Between February 2007 and April 2008, we performed FDG-PET/CT scans in 137 biopsy-proven breast cancer patients planning to have an SNB to select patients for either AND (PET/CT N+) or SNB (PET/CT N0)," investigators in South Korea report.
"In performing SNB, we also performed additional non-SNB (ADD), which was enlarged at the lower axilla. Twenty-seven patients with positive...
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