Open AccessRole of Tc99m-Sestamibi scintimammography in assessing response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced breast cancer
Author(s) -
Bhagwant Rai Mittal,
Rajesh Kumar Singh,
Sunita Kumari,
Manohar Kuruva,
Anish Bhattacharya,
Gurpreet Singh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.115391
Subject(s) - scintimammography , medicine , breast cancer , chemotherapy , mammography , radiology , nuclear medicine , prospective cohort study , predictive value , neoadjuvant therapy , oncology , cancer
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is an essential part of multi-disciplinary management of locally advanced breast cancer (LABC). In this study, we aimed at evaluating the role of Tc99m-Sestamibi scinti-mammography in assessing response to NACT in patients with LABC.