Open AccessBreast Cancer and PET Imaging
Author(s) -
İsmet Sarıkaya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nuclear medicine review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1644-4345
pISSN - 1506-9680
DOI - 10.5603/nmr.2021.0004
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , positron emission tomography , nuclear medicine imaging , cancer , malignancy , radiology , pet ct , pathological , pet imaging , medical physics , nuclear medicine , oncology , pathology
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and among the most common indications of oncologic positron emission tomography (PET) studies. In this review article, updated anatomical, pathological, and clinical information about breast cancer were provided for Nuclear Medicine physicians to better understand breast cancer and interpret PET images and a review of the literature on the use of PET imaging in breast cancer was summarized.