Review Article
Molecular Imaging in Breast Cancer: From Whole-Body PET/CT to Dedicated Breast PET
Table 2
Possible indications and applications for dedicated breast PETs in future clinical practice.
| Indications and applications for dedicated breast PET |
| Screening in dense breasts, hindering mammography/ultrasound | Screening in (very) high-risk patients | Occult lesion on conventional imaging | Inconclusive lesion on mammography/ultrasound | Accurate FDG uptake determination in heterogeneous lesions | Primary tumor response monitoring (in node-negative patients) | FDG-guided biopsies |
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Abbreviations: PET: positron emission tomography, FDG: fluorodeoxyglucose.
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