The role of 99mTc-sestamibi and other conventional radiopharmaceuticals in breast cancer diagnosis

R Taillefer - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 1999 - Elsevier
The wide availability and the extensive use of screening mammography have resulted in an
earlier diagnosis of breast cancer and in a significant reduction in the relative risk of dying …

Breast cancer diagnosis by scintimammography: a meta-analysis and review of the literature

M Liberman, F Sampalis, DS Mulder… - Breast cancer research …, 2003 - Springer
Scintimammography is a relatively new, non-invasive diagnostic modality in the evaluation
of breast cancer. The purpose of the current study was to review the existing literature on the …

Scintimammography with technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile: results of a prospective European multicentre trial

H Palmedo, HJ Biersack, S Lastoria, J Maublant… - European journal of …, 1998 - Springer
The aim of the trial was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of scintimmammography with
technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (99m Tc-MIBI) in the detection of primary breast …

Diagnostic accuracy of 99mTc-sestamibi breast imaging: multicenter trial results

I Khalkhali, J Villanueva-Meyer, SL Edell… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2000 - Soc Nuclear Med
Although mammography is well established as a first-line tool for breast cancer screening
and detection, efforts to develop complementary procedures continue. Observation of 99mTc …

The role of 99mTc methoxyisobutylisonitrile in imaging breast cancer

AD Waxman - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 1997 - Elsevier
Multiple imaging modalities have been used in evaluating patients suspected of breast
cancer. Mammography and ultrasound are the dominant modalities now used by most …

Clinical applications of 99mTc-sestamibi scintimammography

R Taillefer - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
Mammography is the imaging modality of choice in detection of early, nonpalpable breast
cancer. However, scintimammography may prove to be a very useful adjunct to a …

[HTML][HTML] Study of the cytotoxicity of asiaticoside on rats and tumour cells

FJ Al-Saeedi - BMc cancer, 2014 - Springer
Background Cancer chemoprevention is considered one of the most promising areas in
current cancer research, and asiaticoside, which is derived from the plant Centella asiatica …

[PDF][PDF] Fractional retention of technetium-99m-sestamibi as an index of P-glycoprotein expression in untreated breast cancer patients

S Del Vecchio, A Ciarmiello, L Pace… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1997 - Soc Nuclear Med
The multidrug-resistant phenotype is characterized by the reduced intracellular retention of
several structurally and functionally unre lated cytotoxic compounds due to the energy …

A discrete scintillation camera module using silicon photodiode readout of CsI (TI) crystals for breast cancer imaging

GJ Gruber, WW Moses, SE Derenzo… - … on Nuclear Science, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The authors characterize a 3/spl times/4 element imaging array consisting of 3/spl
times/3/spl times/5 mm/sup 3/CsI (TI) scintillator crystals individually read out by 3/spl times/3 …

18F-FDG PET and 99mTc-sestamibi scintimammography for monitoring breast cancer response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a comparative study

R Tiling, R Linke, M Untch, A Richter, S Fieber… - European journal of …, 2001 - Springer
Presurgical neoadjuvant chemotherapy has shown promise in the treatment of locally
advanced breast carcinoma (LABC). Response assessment by clinical examination and …