The role of planar scintimammography with high-resolution dedicated breast camera in the diagnosis of primary breast cancer

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 739-742

  Spanu, Angela ^a   Chessa, Francesca ^a   Meloni, Giovanni Battista ^a   Sanna, Daniela ^a   Cottu, Pierina ^a   Manca, Alessandra ^a   Nuvoli, Susanna ^a   Madeddu, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dedicated breast camera; Mammography; Scintimammography; Tc 99m tetrofosmin

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,2 BIS(BIS(2 ETHOXYETHYL)PHOSPHINO)ETHANE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,2-BIS(BIS(2-ETHOXYETHYL)PHOSPHINO)ETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIMARY TUMOR; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME; BREAST TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149235334     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318187ee75     Document Type: Article

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