Whole-body F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (F-18-FDG PET/CT) for staging locally advanced breast cancer: A prospective study from a tertiary cancer centre in south India

摘要

Background & objectives: Locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) is associated with substantial risk of occult metastases. The patients with LABC have high rate of systemic relapse, suggesting inadequacy of the current conventional staging in detecting the occult metastatic spread. F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) is a new modality in the staging of breast cancer patients. Hence, this study was conducted to evaluate the role of F-18-FDG PET/CT in initial staging of LABC and to compare it with conventional methods.