Can computerised tomography replace bone scintigraphy in detecting bone metastases from breast cancer? A prospective study

Breast

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-103

  Bristow, A R ^a   Agrawal, A ^a   Evans, A J ^b   Burrell, H C ^b   Cornford, E J ^b   James, J J ^b   Hamilton, L ^b   Robertson, J F R ^a   Chan, S Y ^c   Lawton, P A ^c   Cheung, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Nottingham Breast Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Nottingham Breast Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Bone scintigraphy; Computerised tomography; Metastatic breast cancer; Staging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; THORAX;

EID: 38949174757     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2007.07.042     Document Type: Article

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