68Ga-DTPA Anti-HER2 positron emission tomography/CT successfully predicts the overexpression of human epidermal growth factor receptor in lung metastases from breast cancer

BJR Case Rep. 2017 May 6;3(3):20160136. doi: 10.1259/bjrcr.20160136. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

Molecular identification of a metastatic tumour without the inconvenience of a biopsy and the time required for pathological characterization is possible using molecular imaging. Here, we present the case of a patient with breast cancer in whom 68Ga-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positron emission tomography-CT was successfully employed to characterize the expression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 in metastatic sites.

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