PET Probe-Guided Surgery in Patients with Breast Cancer: Proposal for a Methodological Approach

Paolo Orsaria, Agostino Chiaravalloti, Alessandro Fiorentini, Chiara Adriana Pistolese, Gianluca Vanni, Alessandra Vittoria Granai, Dimitrios Varvaras, Roberta Danieli, Orazio Schillaci, Giuseppe Petrella,

In Vivo · 2017 · 23 citations · 35 references

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Abstract

This innovative approach demonstrates great promise for providing real-time access to metabolic and morphological tumor information that may lead to an optimal disease-tailored approach. In carefully selected indications, a PET probe can be a useful adjunct in surgical practice, but further trials with a larger number of patients need to be performed to verify these findings.

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