Innovations in breast cancer imaging: PET for diagnosis and follow-up.
Could positron emission tomography (PET), which identifies the higher metabolism of malignant tumors, become the noninvasive test needed to assess the thousands of falsely positive mammograms? Could serial scans be used to evaluate response to chemotherapy? This team examines the data on current and potential uses of PET.
Adler
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LP
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C, USA.
Bakale
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G
Schnur
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KC
Shenk
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RR
D001365:Axilla; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome