The contribution of positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in the preoperative detection of axillary metastases of breast cancer: the experience of the National Cancer Institute of Milan

Tumori. 1997 Mar-Apr;83(2):542-3. doi: 10.1177/030089169708300211.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Axilla
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Deoxyglucose / analogs & derivatives*
  • Female
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed* / methods

Substances

  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Deoxyglucose