title: Role of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer.
abstract: Breast cancer is the commonest cancer among women and leading cause of cancer related mortality worldwide. Locally advanced breast cancer is the common subgroup of breast cancer encountered in developing countries. The last decade witnessed the voluminous upsurge in the use of positron emission tomography-computed tomography. Its role has been evaluated in different aspects of breast cancer - diagnosing and staging the disease, assessing the therapeutic response to chemotherapy, and restaging the recurrent disease. The present review aims to delineate the current role of positron emission tomography-computed tomography in the management of locally advanced breast cancer, based on available literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Dr BRA Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India ; Department of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110095 India.
authors.forename: Pankaj Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Dr BRA Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India.
authors.forename: Suryanarayana V S
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Deo
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India.
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Breast neoplasms; Diagnostic Imaging; Neoplasm staging; Positron emission tomography