Nuclear medicine communications
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Comparative Study
Bone scintigraphy in breast cancer: added value of hybrid SPECT-CT and its impact on patient management.
To evaluate the incremental value of single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) over planar scintigraphy and SPECT alone for equivocal bone scintigraphy lesions in patients with breast cancer and to assess its impact on patient management. ⋯ SPECT-CT is better than planar scintigraphy and SPECT alone for characterizing equivocal bone scintigraphy lesions in patients with breast cancer and can have a significant impact on patient management.
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Comparative Study
Role of FDG PET-CT in detecting recurrence in patients with uterine sarcoma: comparison with conventional imaging.
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET-CT in detecting recurrent disease in posttherapy patients of uterine sarcoma and compare the same with conventional imaging (CI). ⋯ FDG PET-CT is a highly sensitive and specific modality for detecting recurrence in posttherapy patients with uterine sarcoma. However, it provides no significant advantage over CI for this purpose.