Using a combined scanning technique on patients with early-stage breast cancer improved treatment in almost three out of ten cases in a trial presented at the 14th European Breast Cancer Conference today.
Mar 21 2024European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Using a combined scanning technique on patients with early-stage breast cancer improved treatment in almost three out of ten cases in a trial presented at the 14th European Breast Cancer Conference today .
The research was presented by Dr Rosa Di Micco, a breast surgeon at IRCCS San Raffaele University and Research Hospital in Milan, Italy. She said: "The standard approach for patients with early breast cancer includes mammography, ultrasound, and sometimes MRI. Combined PET-MRI is a relatively new approach, so it's generally only used in clinical research."
In 57 out of the 205 patients , their planned treatment was altered based on the results of the PET-MRI scan. Of these, 18 had chemotherapy as a first-line treatment and the remaining 39 had different surgical approaches, including mastectomy, removal of extra lymph nodes and surgery on both breasts. In 12 out of the 57 patients , additional tumour tissue removed turned out to be benign.
Dr. Rosa Di Micco, breast surgeon at IRCCS San Raffaele University and Research Hospital in Milan, Italy
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