title: [Applications of nuclear medicine to the study of breast cancer].
abstract: The author makes a general introduction about the anatomy, embryology, etiopathogenesis, morbidity, mortality, pathological anatomy, clinical classification and TNM classification of breast cancer. She describes then the techniques of bone scintiscanning, liver scintigraphy and lymphography with radioisotopes making a review of their usefulness for the diagnosis and evolution of breast cancer.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001940:Breast / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011849:Radioactive Tracers; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D011849:Radioactive Tracers
vernacular_title: Aplicaciones de la medicina nuclear al estudio del cáncer de mama.