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The role of positron emission tomography in breast cancer: a short review

verfasst von: Maria Adele Marino, MD, Univ. Prof. Thomas H. Helbich, MD, MSc, MBA, Univ. Prof. Alfredo Blandino, MD, Assoc. Prof. Katja Pinker, MD, EBBI

Erschienen in: memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology | Ausgabe 2/2015

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Abstract

Positron emission tomography (PET) provides information about abnormal metabolic features associated with cancer, and its role in breast cancer has been widely investigated. In the past several years, combined imaging systems, such as PET/CT and PET/MRI, and dedicated breast PET devices, such as PEM and MAMMI-PET, have been developed and implemented. These new techniques have become an effective oncologic tool for staging, re-staging, monitoring response to treatment, and estimation of the long-term prognosis. The aim of this review is to summarize the established and emerging PET imaging techniques and to discuss their value in the management of breast cancer patients.
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Metadaten
Titel
The role of positron emission tomography in breast cancer: a short review
verfasst von
Maria Adele Marino, MD
Univ. Prof. Thomas H. Helbich, MD, MSc, MBA
Univ. Prof. Alfredo Blandino, MD
Assoc. Prof. Katja Pinker, MD, EBBI
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2015
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology / Ausgabe 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1865-5041
Elektronische ISSN: 1865-5076
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12254-015-0210-z