Highly Sensitive Imaging Modality Capable Of Staging Aggressive Form Of Breast Cancer Earlier Than Conventional Imaging

In the largest study to date to evaluate fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in the initial staging of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), researchers were able to identify the precise location and extent of metastasis (spread of disease), offering the potential for a better prognosis for patients with this rare, but aggressive form of breast cancer.

More: continued here

Filed under: Breast Cancer on February 8th, 2009