This book aims to provide general information on breast cancer management and considers all new methods of diagnosis and therapy. In particular, the authors have focused on nuclear medicine modalities by comparing their results with other diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. The text is essential not only for nuclear medicine physicians but also for oncologists, radiologists, surgeons and practitioners who wish to learn about the contribution of modern nuclear medicine to general breast cancer management strategies. TOC:From the contents
Histological classification of breast cancer.- Biomarkers for breast cancer.- Circulating tumour markers in breast cancer.- Axillary lymph node status in breast cancer patients:role of SPECT and pinhole SPECT with cationic lipophilic radiotracers.- Breast imaging with scintimammography.- Sentinel node detection in pre-operative axillary staging.- State of the art of current modalities for the diagnosis of breast lesions.- New Trend of MRI in the diagnosis of breast cancer.- Biological characterisation of breast cancer by means of PET.- 99mTc-MIBI in the evaluation of breast cancer biology.
