Assessment of biological and clinical aggressiveness of invasive ductal breast cancer using baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT-derived volumetric parameters

Abstract

SUVmax may appropriately reflect the immunohistochemical characteristics of IDBC, whereas TLG is associated with clinical risk factors and systemic metastasis. Our preliminary findings suggesting different relationships between volumetric parameters and the clinical tumor size and the Ki-67 index for different subtypes require further evaluation.