Open AccessRational use of imaging to stage breast cancer: Evidences for a selective approach
Author(s) -
S. G. D. Gangadaran
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of medical and paediatric oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0975-2129
pISSN - 0971-5851
DOI - 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_113_16
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , radiology , stage (stratigraphy) , metastasis , breast cancer , abdomen , bone metastasis , cancer , guideline , oncology , pathology , paleontology , biology
Staging investigations at diagnosis are customary to accurately assign a clinical stage before therapy. The practice of routine imaging in patients asymptomatic for metastasis is not recommended but widely adopted. This study was done to reexamine the basis behind guideline recommendations and to identify the factors predictive of asymptomatic metastasis.