Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Local Tumor Staging in Patients With Primary Breast Cancer

Abstract

Integrated PET/MRI does not provide diagnostic advantages for local tumor staging of breast cancer patients in comparison to MRI alone. Positron emission tomography/MRI and MRI enable an improved determination of the local tumor extent in comparison to PET/CT, whereas all 3 imaging modalities offer a comparable diagnostic performance for the identification of axillary disease.