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ArticleIndian journal of nuclear medicine : IJNM : the official journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India

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Naveen Kumar Reddy Akepati, Zakir Ali Abubakar, Prathyusha Bikkina

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Article in Indian journal of nuclear medicine : IJNM : the official journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Naveen Kumar Reddy AkepatiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Zakir Ali AbubakarDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Prathyusha BikkinaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimIn newly diagnosed carcinoma breast cancer patients, comparing conventional staging and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography-computed tomography ( MATERIALS AND

methodsThis was a retrospective observational study. A total of 171 new diagnosed carcinoma breast patients who underwent staging

resultsOverall PET/CT upstaged in 22.2% of cases and changed management in 15.78% of cases. PET/CT upstaged in three of eight cases in Stage IA patients but changed management in only one case. In Stage IIA, of 31 patients PET/CT upstaged in two patients (6.45%). In Stage IIB, of 45 patients PET/CT upstaged in six patients (13.3%). In Stage IIIA, of 22 patients PET/CT upstaged in six patients (27.2) and in five patients there is a change in management. In Stage IIIB, of 43 patients PET/CT upstaged in 21 patients (48.8%) with change in management in 13 patients (25.5%).

conclusion

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Fluorodeoxyglucosepositron-emission tomography/computed tomographystage IIBupstaging

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PMID29962713
PMCPMC6011560

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