The implication of hot spots on bone scans within the irradiated field of breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy followed by radiotherapy

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 685-691

  Park, Won ^a   Huh, Seung Jae ^a   Yang, Jung Hyun ^a   Nam, Seok Jin ^a   Kim, Jeong Han ^a   Choi, Joon Young ^a   Woo, Sook Young ^b   Kim, Hae Young ^a   Noh, Jae Myoung ^a   Ryu, Jung Il ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Breast cancer; Hot spot; Irradiation; Mastectomy

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TAMOXIFEN; TOREMIFENE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55349083371     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-008-0158-8     Document Type: Review

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