Radionuclide Imaging of the Breast

Demonstrating the role of nuclear medicine as a complementary technique to mammography and other imaging modalities for the diagnosis of breast cancer, Radionuclide Imaging of the Breast provides a comprehensive overview of scintimammography-an accurate, safe, and noninvasive imaging method for the evaluation of breast lesions and malignancies. Reveals the encouraging results of multicenter clinical trials in the U.S. and Canada using 99mTc sestamibi breast imaging for the diagnosis of primary breast carcinoma! Addressing nonsurgical sampling of nonpalpable breast lesions as an effective means of providing diagnostic and prognostic information, Radionuclide Imaging of the Breast discusses increasing the diagnostic value of mammography and its widespread use examines the reliability of FDG-PET and FDG-SPECT in detecting lymph node involvement and distant metastases reviews breast cancer imaging with monoclonal antibodies, including murine and bioengineered antibodies compares the benefits and limitations of Thallium-20l to 99mTc-sestamibi breast imaging in evaluating suspected malignancy assesses the clinical impact of scintimammography as an adjunctive test to mammography to improve the dependability of diagnoses considers the possibility of replacing axillary lymph node dissection in patients with small breast cancers with the sentinel node approach clarifies the importance of surgery in the multimodality treatment of breast cancer elucidates pathologic difficulties for breast cancer diagnosis and more! Radionuclide Imaging of the Breast serves as an essential reference for nuclear medicine physicians, radiologists, breast surgeons, medical and surgical oncologists, gynecologists, pathologists, internists, and primary care physicians.

Table of Contents:
Pathology of Breast Cancer, Shahla Masood and Joseph Chiao Breast Cancer: Surgical Perspectives, Patricia J. Eubanks, Hernan I. Vargas, and Stanley R. Klein Mammography and Interventional Breast Procedures, Saeed Iraniha and Iraj Khalkhali Breast Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography, Hans Bender, Holger Palmedo, Hans J. Biersack, and Axel Schomburg Breast Imaging with Radiolabeled Antibodies, Lamk M. Lamki and Bruce J. Barron Breast Imaging with Radiolabeled Peptides, Eric P. Krenning, Marion de Jong, Roelf Valkema, and Casper H. J. van Eijck Breast Imaging with Radiolabeled Estrogen Receptor Ligands, Klemens Maria Scheidhauer and Anton Scharl Thallium Imaging in the Evaluation of Breast Malignancies, Alan D. Waxman Breast Imaging with 99mTc-Methylenediphosphonate, Secondo Lastoria, Sergio Piccolo, and Pietro Muto Uptake Mechanisms of 99mTc-Labeled Perfusion Imaging Agents in Detection of Breast Cancers, Jean Maublant Breast Imaging with 99mTc-Tetrofosmin, Enrico del Vecchio, Luigi Mansi, Pier Francesco Rambaldi, Vincenzo Cuccurullo, Biagio Pecori, Mario Quarantelli, Decio Capobianco, and Marco Bresciani Role of 99mTc Sestamibi Scintimammography for the Evaluation of Breast Lesions, Iraj Khalkhali, Jorge Tolmos, and Linda Diggles Using the Sentinel Node Concept to Stage Breast Cancer: Breast Lymphoscintigraphy and Intraoperative Gamma Probe Sentinel Node Localization , Naomi P. Alazraki and Raghuveer K. Halkur Atlas on Radionuclide Imaging of the Breast, Raymond Taillefer, André Gagnon, Iraj Khalkhali, Pietro Muto, Holger Palmedo, and Hans J. Biersack Health Technology Assessment and Policy for Radionuclide Imaging of the Breast, Frank J. Papatheofanis Radionuclide Imaging of the Breast Using a Solid-State Gamma Camera, William L. Ashburn

About the Author :
Raymond Taillefer (Edited by) , Iraj Khalkhali (Edited by) , Alan D. Waxman (Edited by) , Hans J. Biersack (Edited by)

Review :
" …easy to read and very informative about the various pharmaceutical sand isotopes that are being used in scintigraphic imaging of the breast. The book examines the issues of Positron Emission Tomograpahy, radiolabelled antibodies and peptides, oestrogen receptors, and the various Technetium labelled radionuclides, particularly Sestamibi. There is a particularly good chapter on sentinel node biopsy. "-Australian Cancer Society This comprehensive book is a worthwhile contribution at a time when there is more interest in radionuclide breast imaging than ever before."… …the production of the book is excellent. Images are plentiful and well produced.… …highly recommend[ed]…for those Nuclear medicine Physicians with an interest in breast imaging or those about to embark down this road. For those with no interest in breast imaging, this book should bring them to their senses. "-ANZ Nuclear Medicine