Open AccessMetachronous second primary malignancies in known breast cancer patients on 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computerized tomography in a tertiary care Center
Author(s) -
Ranadheer Gupta Manthri,
Sai Moulika Jeepalem,
VS Krishna Mohan,
D Bhargavi,
Narendra Hulikal,
Tekchand Kalawat
Publication year - 2019
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/ijnm.ijnm_78_19
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , breast cancer , cancer , positron emission tomography , radiology , lung cancer , oncology
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women all over the world, which accounts to 25% of all cancers. In known cases of breast cancer, the risk of developing another denovo malignancy is more when compared to low risk groups, which might be due to common environmental risk factors, treatment induced risk factors, Genetic susceptibility for mutations, presence of cancer syndromes or better detection due to close surveillance.