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 …

Extracorporeal high intensity focused ultrasound treatment for patients with breast cancer

F Wu, ZB Wang, H Zhu, WZ Chen, JZ Zou, J Bai… - Breast cancer research …, 2005 - Springer
Purpose. To investigate the safety, efficacy and feasibility of using high-intensity focused
ultrasound (HIFU) as a non-invasive treatment for patients with breast cancer. Patients and …

Occult Breast Cancer: Scintimammography with High-Resolution Breast-specific Gamma Camera in Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer1

RF Brem, JA Rapelyea, G Zisman, K Mohtashemi… - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate a high-resolution breast-specific gamma camera for
depicting occult breast cancer in women at high risk for breast cancer but with normal …

High-resolution scintimammography: a pilot study

RF Brem, JM Schoonjans, DA Kieper… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2002 - Soc Nuclear Med
This study evaluated a novel high-resolution breast-specific gamma camera (HRBGC) for
the detection of suggestive breast lesions. Methods: Fifty patients (with 58 breast lesions) for …

FDG PET and other imaging modalities in the primary diagnosis of suspicious breast lesions

K Scheidhauer, C Walter, MD Seemann - European journal of nuclear …, 2004 - Springer
Mammography is the primary imaging modality for screening of breast cancer and
evaluation of breast lesions (T staging). Ultrasonography is an adjunctive tool for …

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 …

Molecular breast imaging: a new technique using technetium Tc 99m scintimammography to detect small tumors of the breast

DJ Rhodes, MK O'Connor, SW Phillips, RL Smith… - Mayo Clinic …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE To determine the sensitivity of molecular breast imaging (MBI) to detect small
cancers of the breast. PATIENTS AND METHODS A cadmium-zinc-telluride gamma camera …

Breast-specific gamma imaging as an adjunct modality for the diagnosis of invasive breast cancer with correlation to tumour size and grade

RV Tadwalkar, JA Rapelyea, J Torrente… - The British Journal of …, 2012 - birpublications.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity of breast-specific
gamma imaging (BSGI) in the detection of invasive breast cancers and to characterise the …

Scintimammography with dedicated breast camera detects and localizes occult carcinoma

LR Coover, G Caravaglia, P Kuhn - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
This study assessed the utility of scintimammography using a standard γ-camera and a
dedicated breast camera as an adjuvant to mammography and clinical examination …