Prediction of Primary Tumour and Axillary Lymph Node Response to Neoadjuvant Chemo(Targeted) Therapy with Dedicated Breast [18F]FDG PET/MRI in Breast Cancer.
Cornelis M de MooijThiemo J A van NijnattenBriete GoortsLoes F S KooremanIsabel W M RaymakersSilke P L van MeijlMaaike de BoerKristien B M I KeymeulenJoachim E WildbergerFelix Manuel MottaghyMarc B I LobbesMarjolein L SmidtPublished in: Cancers (2023)
Qualitative PET/MRI after NCT can predict the final pathologic primary tumour response, but not the ALNM response. Combining quantitative variables halfway through NCT can improve the diagnostic accuracy for final pathologic ALNM response prediction.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- locally advanced
- pet ct
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- pet imaging
- contrast enhanced
- rectal cancer
- sentinel lymph node
- photodynamic therapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- diffusion weighted imaging
- magnetic resonance
- early stage
- radiation therapy
- young adults
- breast cancer risk