Sequential 18F-FDG PET/CT for early prediction of complete pathological response in breast and axilla during neoadjuvant chemotherapy

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-40

  Koolen, Bas B ^a   Pengel, Kenneth E ^a   Wesseling, Jelle ^a   Vogel, Wouter V ^a   Vrancken Peeters, Marie Jeanne T F D ^a   Vincent, Andrew D ^a   Gilhuijs, Kenneth G A ^a,b   Rodenhuis, Sjoerd ^a   Rutgers, Emiel J Th ^a   Valdés Olmos, Renato A ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Early response; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; PET CT; Response monitoring; Subtype

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PACLITAXEL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PET SCANNER; PRIMARY TUMOR; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84890798843     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2515-7     Document Type: Article

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