Detection of internal mammary lymph node metastasis with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with stage III breast cancer

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 438-445

  Seo, Min Jung ^a   Lee, Jong Jin ^a   Kim, Hye Ok ^a   Chae, Sun Young ^a   Park, Seol Hoon ^b   Ryu, Jin Sook ^a   Ahn, Sei Hyun ^a   Lee, Jong Won ^a   Son, Byung Ho ^a   Gong, Gyung Yub ^a   Moon, Dae Hyuk ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; FDG; Histopathologic confirmation; Internal mammary node; PET CT; Stage III

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84894235502     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2600-y     Document Type: Article

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