Diagnostic Problems for Breast Cancer
| Task | Approach |
|---|---|
| Detection | Mammographic screening |
| Breast MRI screening in high-risk women | |
| Diagnosis | Diagnostic mammography |
| Breast ultrasound | |
| Breast MRI | |
| (18F-FDG-PET with dedicated devices) | |
| (Breast-specific γ-imaging) | |
| Staging | |
| Regional lymph nodes | Sentinel lymph node biopsy |
| Axillary ultrasound | |
| 18F-FDG PET/CT | |
| Distant metastases | CT, MRI |
| Bone scintigraphy or fluoride PET | |
| 18F-FDG PET/CT | |
| Response | |
| Neoadjuvant therapy | Mammography or breast ultrasound |
| MRI | |
| 18F-FDG PET/CT | |
| (Breast sestamibi imaging) | |
| (Magnetic resonance spectroscopy) | |
| Metastatic therapy | CT or MRI |
| 18F-FDG PET/CT | |
| Tumor markers | |
| Characterization | Histopathology and special assays |
| (18F-FDG PET/CT) | |
| (Breast sestamibi) | |
| (Molecular imaging) |
Experimental or less commonly used approaches are in parentheses.