title: [Incidence of hepatic metastases of breast cancer. Scintigraphic study with radiocolloids in 111 patients].
abstract: The anatomical and physiological premises of liver scintigraphy with radiocolloids as a useful study in patients suffering from various stages of breast cancer are analysed. A series of 111 cases is then reported. The technique was used on these cases one or more times and revealed the presence of a scintigraphic picture suggesting liver metastasis in 36% of cases (27.5% at first observation). These data proved higher than those previously reported in the literature by other workers. The technique is therefore proposed as a routine investigation in patients suffering from breast cancer.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D006050:Gold Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007554:Isotopes; D007558:Italy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D006050:Gold Radioisotopes; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007554:Isotopes; D007204:Indium; D013667:Technetium
vernacular_title: Sulla incidenza delle metastasi epatiche da cancro della mammella. Studio scintigrafico con radiocolloidi in 111 pazienti