title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Division, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Crippa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agresti
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Donne
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pascali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bogni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chiesa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Sanctis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schiavini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Decise
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bombardieri
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D003847:Deoxyglucose