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01.10.2010 | Poster presentation
Clinical value of hybrid imaging for staging breast cancer in a district general hospital
verfasst von:
FR Canavan, E Lloyd, D Jones, J Edwards, M Powell
Erschienen in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Sonderheft 3/2010
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Excerpt
Hybrid imaging, integrating anatomical computed tomography (CT) with functional single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), has emerged as a powerful diagnostic tool in breast cancer imaging. This dual modality increases the specificity of skeletal scintigraphy in detecting bony metastases and achieves accurate sentinal lymph node mapping, directly influencing the surgical approach. For patients with high-grade breast cancer, hybrid SPECT/CT provides the opportunity for a ‘one-stop shop’ with important implications for patient care, cost-effectiveness and follow-up. …