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Molecular imaging using PET for breast cancer.

Authors :
Kurihara H
Shimizu C
Miyakita Y
Yoshida M
Hamada A
Kanayama Y
Yonemori K
Hashimoto J
Tani H
Kodaira M
Yunokawa M
Yamamoto H
Watanabe Y
Fujiwara Y
Tamura K
Source :
Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) [Breast Cancer] 2016 Jan; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 24-32. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Apr 28.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Molecular imaging can visualize the biological processes at the molecular and cellular levels in vivo using certain tracers for specific molecular targets. Molecular imaging of breast cancer can be performed with various imaging modalities, however, positron emission tomography (PET) is a sensitive and non-invasive molecular imaging technology and this review will focus on PET molecular imaging of breast cancer, such as FDG-PET, FLT-PET, hormone receptor PET, and anti-HER2 PET.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1880-4233
Volume :
23
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
25917108
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12282-015-0613-z