PET-CT may improve prognosis for patients with inflammatory breast cancer
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 01:57
in Health & Medicine
In the largest study to date to evaluate fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in the initial staging of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), researchers were able to identify the precise location and extent of metastasis (spread of disease), offering the potential for a better prognosis for patients with this rare, but aggressive form of breast cancer...