There can never be enough material in the public domain about cancers, and particularly breast cancer. This book adds much to the literature. It provides general information on breast cancer management and considers all new methods of diagnosis and therapy. It focuses on nuclear medicine modalities by comparing their results with other diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. The coverage provides readers with up-to-date knowledge on breast cancer as well as information on the advances in the field of diagnosis. It also details data on the development of some new modalities and provides a general overview of the available tools for breast cancer treatment.

1;Foreword;5 2;Preface;7 3;Contents;9 4;List of Contributors;11 5;Introduction;15 6;Histological Classification of Breast Cancer;16 7;Biomarkers for Breast Cancer: Towards the Proposition of Clinically Relevant Tools;28 8;Circulating Tumour Markers in Breast Cancer;46 9;Axillary Lymph Node Status Evaluation in Breast Cancer Patients: Role of SPECT and Pinhole SPECT with Cationic Lipophilic Radiotracers;56 10;Breast Imaging with Scintimammography;69 11;99mTc-MIBI in the Evaluation of Breast Cancer Biology;83 12;Sentinel Node Detection in Pre- Operative Axillary Staging;94 13;State of the Art of Current Modalities for the Diagnosis of Breast Lesions;110 14;New Trends of MRI in Breast Cancer Diagnosis;138 15;PET Imaging of Breast Cancer Molecular Biomarkers;156 16;The Role of FDG- PET for Axillary Lymph Node Staging in Primary Breast Cancer;168 17;Measuring Response to Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Methodological Considerations;179 18;FDG- PET in Monitoring Therapy of Breast Cancer;191 19;FDG- PET and Tumour Marker Tests for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer;199 20;Advantages and Limitations of FDG PET in the Follow- Up of Breast Cancer;211 21;PET/ CT and Breast Cancer;226 22;Current Role of Bone Scan with Phosphonates in the Follow- Up of Breast Cancer;236 23;Progress in the Treatment of Early and Advanced Breast Cancer;248 24;186Re-HEDP for Metastatic Bone Pain in Breast Cancer Patients;266 25;153Sm-EDTM for Bone Pain Treatment in Skeletal Metastases;279 26;The Choice of the Correct Imaging Modality in Breast Cancer Management;289 27;Subject Index;301

ISBN	9783540367819
Artikelnummer	9783540367819
Medientyp	E-Book - PDF
Copyrightjahr	2007
Verlag	Springer-Verlag
Umfang	299 Seiten
Sprache	Englisch
Kopierschutz	Digitales Wasserzeichen