Breast cancer preoperative 18FDG-PET, overall survival prognostic separation compared with the lymph node ratio.

Vincent Vinh-HungHendrik EveraertOlena GorobetsHilde Van ParijsGuy VerfaillieMarian VanhoeijGuy StormeChristel FontaineJan LamoteJustine PerrinKarim FaridNam P NguyenClaire VerschraegenMark De Ridder

Published in: Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) (2021)

Pathological lymph node assessment remains the gold standard of prognosis. However, PET appears as a valuable surrogate in univariate analysis at 15-year follow-up. There was a trend towards significance in multivariate analysis that warrants further investigation.

Keyphrases

lymph node
pet ct
positron emission tomography
computed tomography
pet imaging
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
patients undergoing
radiation therapy
mass spectrometry
breast cancer risk