title: [Bone metastases in cancer of the breast. Diagnostic and predictive value of quantified bone scintigraphy].
abstract: Distant metastases from carcinoma of the breast are most commonly located in the skeleton. Although it has been clearly shown that bone radionuclide scanning is more sensitive than X-rays in detecting such metastases, diverging opinions have recently been voiced concerning its sensitivity and specificity. The authors have quantitatively analyzed 1631 focal alterations, taking the uptake index value as yardstick. They found that quantitative scanning increases the sensitivity of the method and makes it possible to differentiate between malignant and benign bone lesions.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
vernacular_title: Métastases osseuses du cancer du sein. Intérêt diagnostique et prévisionnel de la scintigraphie osseuse quantifiée.