Incidental breast lesions identified by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2119-2125

  Chung, Alice ^a   Schoder, Heiko ^a   Sampson, Michelle ^a   Morrow, Monica ^a   Port, Elisa ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTALOMA; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCINTISCANNING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954959526     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-0950-2     Document Type: Article

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