Axillary Lymph Node Staging in Breast Cancer by 2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-Positron Emission Tomography: Clinical Evaluation and Alternative Management

Abstract

Noninvasive FDG-PET appears to be an accurate technique to predict axillary status in patients with breast cancer and thus to identify patients who might avoid ALND. These results should be confirmed in large multicenter studies.