George Peters Award: How does breast-specific gamma imaging affect the management of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer?

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:We sought to determine the number of patients with known breast cancer who were found to have an additional, mammographically occult lesion detected on breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI). METHODS:An institutional review board-approved review of all patients who underwent BSGI at Beth Israel Medical Center from 2006 to 2008 was performed. RESULTS:A total of 82 patients underwent BSGI for newly diagnosed breast cancer. Of these, 18 had an additional abnormality, and 17 were biopsied. There were 4 cases of invasive ductal carcinoma, 1 invasive lobular carcinoma, 1 ductal carcinoma in situ, 1 lobular carcinoma in situ, 2 papillomas, and 8 benign biopsies. One patient proceeded directly to mastectomy and an area of ductal carcinoma in situ was found, corresponding to the BSGI. CONCLUSIONS:In our study group, 22% of patients had a surgical change in management based on BSGI findings. BSGI detected additional carcinoma in 9%. BSGI plays an important role in the clinical management of patients with known breast cancer.

journal_name

Am J Surg

authors

Killelea BK,Gillego A,Kirstein LJ,Asad J,Shpilko M,Shah A,Feldman S,Boolbol SK

doi

10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.06.016

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-10-01 00:00:00

pages

470-4

issue

4

eissn

0002-9610

issn

1879-1883

pii

S0002-9610(09)00357-2

journal_volume

198

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