Diagnostic Value of PET/CT in Comparison with Other Conventional Imaging Modalities for the Evaluation of Breast Cancer Recurrence: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Archives of Breast Cancer

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Sahel Heydarheydari¹  Abbas Haghparast¹ 

[1] Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

关键词: PET/CT;    recurrence;    breast cancer;    diagnostic value;    imaging modalities;   

DOI  :  10.19187/abc.20163377-82

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Kaviani Breast Disease Institute

【 摘 要 】

Background: Despite developments in surgical treatment, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy protocols, tumor recurrence and metastasis are still major problems in breast cancer management. The aim of the report was to present review and compare the performance of PET/CT with some of the conventional imaging modalities in detection of breast cancer recurrence. Methods: A literature search in PubMed, Europe PMC and was performed ScienceDirect date databases with no search restriction for the of publication but the search was limited to papers . published in English Results: Twenty-two studies including a total of 1378 patients with prior breast cancer and clinical suspicion of recurrence that assessed the sensitivity, specificity, and and followed up accuracy of PET/CT other conventional imaging methods in by treated breast cancer and presented the results in systematic review format. The information extracted from each article included the first author, publication year, number of patients and their characteristics, index test(s), sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), accuracy. and Conclusions: According to the literature, PET/CT seems to be a more useful modality than current techniques to assess the patients with suspected recurrent and metastatic breast cancer. If PET/CT is not applicable, MRI and also bone scintigraphy could as alternatives.

【 授权许可】

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