Role of 99mTc-Sestamibi scintimammography by SPEM camera in the management of breast cancer in the elderly

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-163

  De Vincentis, Giuseppe ^a,c   Gianni, Walter ^b   Pani, Roberto ^b   Cacciafesta, Mauro ^b   Pellegrini, Rosanna ^b   Soluri, Alessandro ^a   Troisi, Giovanni ^b   Marigliano, Vincenzo ^b   Scopinaro, Francesco ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Giuseppe de Vincentis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gamma camera; Imaging; Mammography; Scintigraphy; SPEM

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031597004     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005938722849     Document Type: Article

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