title: False-Negative and False-Positive Results in FDG-PET and PET/CT in Breast Cancer.
abstract: PET and PET/CT has been used for the management of breast cancer for initial staging, monitor the treatment response, detect recurrences, and predict tumor behavior. It has found to be useful in detecting primary breast cancer in patients with large primary tumors. However, it has not been used routinely for early diagnosis of primary breast cancer due to certain limitations. In this article, the authors discuss various important factors that can lead to false-negative and false-positive results in PET and PET/computed tomography imaging used for the diagnosis of primary breast cancer.
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
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India.
authors.forename: Neerja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rani
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India.
authors.forename: Chetan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Radiation Medicine Centre, BARC, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Section, Radiology Department, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Abass
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alavi