18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG‐PET/CT) imaging in the staging and prognosis of inflammatory breast cancer

Abstract

: FDG-PET/CT imaging provides additional invaluable information regarding nodal status or distant metastases in IBC patients and should be considered in the initial staging. It seems also that some prognostic information can be derived from FDG uptake characteristics. Cancer 2009. (c) 2009 American Cancer Society.