title: The Role of PET and PET/CT in the Surgical Management of Breast Cancer: A Review.
abstract: The role of PET and PET/CT in the management of patients with breast cancer is in evolution. Recent investigations suggest dual time point imaging increases sensitivity of detection of smaller breast cancers even DCIS suggesting PET imaging may offer some value in patients where mammography is typically not particularly sensitive. PET/CT may have its greatest role in staging, especially for patients with locally advanced breast cancer and can even predict response to neoadjuvant therapy. PET/CT may be particularly useful in predicting the biology of higher risk triple-negative and HER-2/neupositive tumors. PET/CT will continue to play a major role in the management of patients with breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 34 West Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bahl
authors.affiliation: Department Section, Radiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Abass
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alavi
authors.affiliation: Radiation Medicine Centre, BARC, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
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: The Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 34 West Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Surgery, 3 Perelman Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Czerniecki