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Correlation Between of PET/CT and Molecular Subtypes and in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer.

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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FDG PET/CT whole-body imaging has higher sensitivity, specificity and accuracy as compared to CT in detection of metastatic spread and follows up after treatment. The aim of this study: to assess of the impact of PET/CT in patients with metastatic breast cancer and monitoring the therapy response in relation to different molecular subtypes. Material and Methods: The study included 40 patients classified into 4 molecular subtypes; Luminal A like subtype (13 patients), Luminal B+ subtype (15 patients), Luminal B- subtype (4 patients) and Basal like subtype (8 patients). All patients with possible metastatic breast cancer performed PET-CT before treatment, while 34 patients perform PET-CT after the end oftherapy. Results: on lesion based analysis the total numbers of metastatic lesions in CT and bone scan were 120 lesions (49 in LNs, 24 in lung, 8 in liver; while 39 in bone). Metastatic lesions in PET/CT were 76 lesions (46 in LNs, 22 in lung and 8 in liver and 22 in bone). During follow up after therapy, the majority of luminal A group showed complete response to therapy during follow up PET/CT scan. Also, luminal B+ subgroup showed partial response. While most of basal-like subgroup showed progressive disease. Conclusion: PET/CT can detect metastatic spread in breast cancer and monitor therapy response in relation to different molecular subtypes. The mean SUV max showed relation to the different molecular subtypes.

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10.21608/egyjnm.2018.46190

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PET/CT, Molecular Subtypes and Metastatic Lesions

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Moustafa,

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Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Department, Cairo University, Egypt.

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Nasr,

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Maadi Armed Force Hospital. Egypt.

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Tawakol,

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Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Department, Cairo University, Egypt.

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16

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2018-06-01

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2019-08-28

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2018-06-01

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45

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1687-4994

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2536-9113

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Egyptian Journal Nuclear Medicine

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22 Jan 2023