Imaging diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer
Filippo Pesapane, Kate Downey, Anna Rotili, Enrico Cassano, Dow‐Mu Koh
Abstract
Numerous imaging modalities may be used for the staging of women with advanced breast cancer. Although bone scintigraphy and multiplanar-CT are the most frequently used tests, others including PET, MRI and hybrid scans are also utilised, with no specific recommendations of which test should be preferentially used. We review the evidence behind the imaging modalities that characterise metastases in breast cancer and to update the evidence on comparative imaging accuracy.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineNeuroradiologyBreast cancerRadiologyModalitiesBone scintigraphyCancerMedical physicsMagnetic resonance imagingMetastatic breast cancerBreast imagingInterventional radiologyScintigraphyMammographyInternal medicinePsychiatrySociologyNeurologySocial scienceMedical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingCancer Diagnosis and Treatment