Is there utility for fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography scan before surgery in breast cancer? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: The prognostic value of preoperative fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) scan for determining overall survival (OS) in breast cancer (BC) patients is controversial.
AIM: To evaluate the OS predictive value of preoperative PET positivity after 15 years.
METHODS: We performed a retrospective search of the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel patient database for nonmetastatic patients ...