Assessing 18F-FDG uptake in the sentinel lymph node in breast cancer

I Sarikaya, A Sarikaya - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
18F-FDG PET/CT has limited value in early breast cancer. Sentinel lymph node (SLN)
biopsy is the current procedure of choice to search for small metastatic deposits in the …

A prospective study evaluating 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in the assessment of axillary nodal spread in women …

KI Pritchard, J Julian, D McCready… - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - ascopubs.org
533 Background: In women with operable breast cancer, SLNB is often used to assess the
axilla. 18FDG PET imaging is potentially useful because of preferential uptake of 18FDG by …

Identification of axillary lymph node metastasis in patients with breast cancer using dual-phase FDG PET/CT

S Sasada, N Masumoto, Y Kimura… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic performance of dual-phase
18F-FDG PET/CT in detecting axillary lymph node metastasis in patients with breast cancer …

Diagnostic accuracy of dual-time-point 18F-FDG PET/CT for the detection of axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients

S Hahn, J Hecktor, F Grabellus, V Hartung… - Acta …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background The diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET/CT for the detection of axillary lymph node
metastases in breast cancer patients acquired 60 min after FDG administration is reported to …

FDG PET positive lymph nodes are highly predictive of metastasis in breast cancer

R Kumar, H Zhuang, M Schnall, E Conant… - Nuclear medicine …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Aim To determine whether or not fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG
PET) imaging when positive could obviate the necessity for sentinel lymph node biopsy and …

The value of dual-time-point 18F-FDG PET/CT for identifying axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients

WH Choi, IR Yoo, JH O, SH Kim… - The British journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Objective: The sensitivity of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission
tomography (PET) for detecting axillary lymph node (ALN) metastases in breast cancer is …

18F-FDG PET/CT with Contrast Enhancement for Evaluation of Axillary Lymph Node Involvement in T1 Breast Cancer

EJ Kong, KA Chun, IH Cho, SJ Lee - Nuclear medicine and molecular …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography
((PET) safely predicts axillary status in patients with breast cancer, but is not sufficiently …

Is FDG maximum standardized uptake value (SUV max) of primary breast cancer can predict axillary lymph node metastasis?

A Zaher, M Khalifa, M Meckawy, L Eloteify - 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
1097 Background: Functional imaging with 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG)
positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is increasingly used for …

Diagnostic value of full-dose FDG PET/CT for axillary lymph node staging in breast cancer patients

TA Heusner, S Kuemmel, S Hahn, A Koeninger… - European journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Purpose The aims of this study were (1) to evaluate FDG PET/CT and CT for the detection of
axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer (BC) patients and (2) to evaluate FDG …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Fusion Imaging for Prediction of Metastasis to Sentinel and …

Y Yamagishi, T Yamasaki, J Ishida, T Moriya… - Annals of Surgical …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
fusion imaging (18 F-FDG PET/CT) is an important diagnostic tool in breast cancer. The …