Breast Cancer [electronic resource] : Nuclear Medicine in Diagnosis and Therapeutic Options /
Bombardieri, Emilio.editor.
Bonadonna, Gianni.editor.
Gianni, Luca.editor.
Provides general information on breast cancer management and considers various methods of diagnosis and therapy. This book focuses on nuclear medicine modalities by comparing their results with other diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. It is useful not only for nuclear medicine physicians, but also for oncologists, radiologists, and surgeons.
Description based upon print version of record.
Provides general information on breast cancer management and considers various methods of diagnosis and therapy. This book focuses on nuclear medicine modalities by comparing their results with other diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. It is useful not only for nuclear medicine physicians, but also for oncologists, radiologists, and surgeons.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Histological Classification of Breast Cancer -- Biomarkers for Breast Cancer: Towards the Proposition of Clinically Relevant Tools -- Circulating Tumour Markers in Breast Cancer -- Axillary Lymph Node Status Evaluation in Breast Cancer Patients: Role of SPECT and Pinhole SPECT with Cationic Lipophilic Radiotracers -- Breast Imaging with Scintimammography -- 99mTc-MIBI in the Evaluation of Breast Cancer Biology -- Sentinel Node Detection in Pre-Operative Axillary Staging -- State of the Art of Current Modalities for the Diagnosis of Breast Lesions -- New Trends of MRI in Breast Cancer Diagnosis -- PET Imaging of Breast Cancer Molecular Biomarkers -- The Role of FDG-PET for Axillary Lymph Node Staging in Primary Breast Cancer -- Measuring Response to Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Methodological Considerations -- FDG-PET in Monitoring Therapy of Breast Cancer -- FDG-PET and Tumour Marker Tests for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer -- Advantages and Limitations of FDG PET 16 in the Follow-Up of Breast Cancer -- PET/CT and Breast Cancer -- Current Role of Bone Scan with Phosphonates in the Follow-Up of Breast Cancer -- Progress in the Treatment of Early and Advanced Breast Cancer -- 186Re-HEDP for Metastatic Bone Pain in Breast Cancer Patients -- 153Sm-EDTM for Bone Pain Treatment in Skeletal Metastases -- The Choice of the Correct Imaging Modality in Breast Cancer Management.
Radiology.
Nuclear medicine.
Gynecology .
Imaging / Radiology.
Nuclear Medicine.
Gynecology.
Diagnostic Radiology.