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Figures
- FIGURE 1.
18F-FDG PET/CT at initial staging in 35-y-old patient with invasive ductal carcinoma of left breast, classified as clinical stage IIA disease. (A) Maximum-intensity projection. (B–D) Axial PET/CT fusion images showing cervical (B) and mediastinal (C) lymph node and bone (D) metastases.
- FIGURE 2.
18F-FDG PET/CT at initial staging in 46-y-old patient with invasive ductal carcinoma of right breast, classified as clinical stage IIIA disease. (A) Maximum-intensity projection. (B–D) Axial PET/CT fusion images showing liver (B and C) and bone (D) metastases.
Tables
Group Characteristic <40 y old ≥40 y old P No. of patients 107 107 Age (y)* 34.5 ± 4.0 56.0 ± 10.7 AJCC stage before PET/CT I 12 (11) 12 (11) IIA 32 (30) 32 (30) IIB 30 (28) 30 (28) III 33 (31) 33 (31) Tumor type Invasive ductal 95 (89) 86 (80) 0.13 Invasive lobular 1 (1) 9 (8) 0.02 Other 11 (10) 12 (11) Tumor grade 1 3 (3) 10 (9) 0.08 2 26 (24) 42 (39) 0.03 3 78 (73) 55 (51) 0.002 Receptor phenotype HR+/HER2− 36 (34) 53 (50) 0.03 HER2+ 35 (33) 26 (24) 0.23 TNBC 35 (33) 28 (26) 0.37 Unspecified 1 (1) ↵* Reported as mean ± SD.
AJCC = American Joint Committee on Cancer.
Data are reported as number (percentage) of patients unless otherwise indicated.
Group AJCC stage before PET/CT (no. of patients) <40 y old ≥40 y old P I (12) 1 (8) 1 (8) 1 IIA (32) 3 (9) 4 (13) 1 IIB (30) 5 (17) 4 (13) 1 III (33) 14 (42) 15 (45) 1 All (107) 23 (21) 24 (22) 1 AJCC = American Joint Committee on Cancer.
Data are reported as number (percentage) of patients.
