title: Changes in Glucose Metabolism and Blood Flow Following Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer.
abstract: This article focuses on this application of positron emission tomography (PET) to breast cancer. The article first reviews the PET methodology used for breast cancer response assessment, with an emphasis on quantitative methods. This is followed by a review of results to date for neoadjuvant chemotherapy and therapy of metastatic breast cancer. Preliminary studies with tracers other than (18)F-fluordeoxyglucose are then reviewed. The article ends with a summary and a discussion of future directions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Box 356113, Room NN203, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mankoff
authors.forename: Lisa K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Dunnwald