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Trial reportBreast cancer research : BCR2005

Imaging in situ breast carcinoma (with or without an invasive component) with technetium-99m pentavalent dimercaptosuccinic acid and technetium-99m 2-methoxy isobutyl isonitrile scintimammography.

Vassilios Papantoniou, Spyridon Tsiouris, Ekaterini Mainta, Varvara Valotassiou, Michael Souvatzoglou, Maria Sotiropoulou, Lydia Nakopoulou, Dimitrios Lazaris, Androniki Louvrou, Maria Melissinou and 4 more

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Trial report in Breast cancer research : BCR, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Application of Imaging Technologies in Breast Cancer Detection: A Review Article.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2019
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  3. Association of mammographic density with pathologic findings.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Vassilios PapantoniouDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Alexandra University Hospital, Athens, Greece. vpap@spark.net.gr
Spyridon Tsiouris
Ekaterini Mainta
Varvara Valotassiou
Michael Souvatzoglou
Maria Sotiropoulou
Lydia Nakopoulou
Dimitrios Lazaris
Androniki Louvrou
Maria Melissinou
Artemis Tzannetaki
Ioannis Pirmettis
John Koutsikos
Cherry Zerva
Alexandra Hospital · GRMetropolitan Hospital · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRNational Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of the study was to retrospectively define specific features of the technetium-99m pentavalent dimercaptosuccinic acid (99mTc-(V)DMSA) and technetium-99m 2-methoxy isobutyl isonitrile (99mTc-Sestamibi [99mTc-MIBI]) distribution in ductal breast carcinoma in situ and lobular breast carcinoma in situ (DCIS/LCIS), in relation to mammographic, histological and immunohistochemical parameters. MATERIALS AND

methodsOne hundred and two patients with suspicious palpation or mammographic findings were submitted preoperatively to scintimammography (a total of 72 patients with 99mTc-(V)DMSA and a total of 75 patients with 99mTc-Sestamibi, 45 patients receiving both radiotracers). Images were acquired at 10 min and 60 min, and were evaluated for a pattern of diffuse radiotracer accumulation. The tumor-to-background ratios were correlated (T-pair test) with mammographic, histological and immunohistochemical characteristics.

resultsHistology confirmed malignancy in 46/102 patients: 20/46 patients had DCIS/LCIS, with or without coexistent invasive lesions, and 26/46 patients had isolated invasive carcinomas. Diffuse 99mTc-(V)DMSA accumulation was noticed in 18/19 cases and 99mTc-Sestamibi in 6/13 DCIS/LCIS cases. Epithelial hyperplasia demonstrated a similar accumulation pattern. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value for each tracer were calculated. Solely for 99mTc-(V)DMSA, the tumor-to-background ratio was significantly higher at 60 min than at 10 min and the diffuse uptake was significantly associated with suspicious microcalcifications, with the cell proliferation index > or = 40% and with c-erbB-2 > or = 10%.

conclusion99mTc-(V)DMSA showed high sensitivity and 99mTc-Sestamibi showed high specificity in detecting in situ breast carcinoma (99mTc-(V)DMSA especially in cases with increased cell proliferation), and these radiotracers could provide clinicians with preoperative information not always obtainable by mammography.

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AgedBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma in SituCarcinoma, Intraductal, NoninfiltratingCarcinoma, LobularFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMammographyMiddle AgedRadionuclide ImagingSensitivity and SpecificityTechnetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic AcidTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiTechnetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic AcidTechnetium Tc 99m Sestamibi

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PMID15642168
PMCPMC1064097
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