Added value of dedicated axillary hybrid 18F-FDG PET/MRI for improved axillary nodal staging in clinically node-positive breast cancer patients: a feasibility study.
Thiemo J A van NijnattenB GoortsS VööM de BoerL F S KooremanE M HeutsJ E WildbergerF M MottaghyM B I LobbesM L SmidtPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2017)
Adding dedicated axillary 18F-FDG hybrid PET/MRI to diagnostic work-up may improve the diagnostic performance of axillary nodal staging in clinically node-positive breast cancer patients.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- positive breast cancer
- pet ct
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- end stage renal disease
- sentinel lymph node
- ejection fraction
- positron emission tomography
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- pet imaging
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- contrast enhanced
- ultrasound guided
- radiation therapy
- patient reported outcomes
- early stage
- diffusion weighted imaging