Detection of bone metastases in breast cancer patients in the PET/CT era: Do we still need the bone scan?


Caglar M., Kupik O., Karabulut E., Hoilund-Carlsen P. F.

REVISTA ESPANOLA DE MEDICINA NUCLEAR E IMAGEN MOLECULAR, cilt.35, sa.1, ss.3-11, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Aim: To examine the value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FOG-PET/CT) for the detection of bone metastasis in breast cancer patients and assess whether whole body bone scan (BS) with Tc-99m-methylene diphosphonate provides any additional information.