Usefulness of Traditional Serum Biomarkers for Management of Breast Cancer Patients
Table 2
Studies proving the usefulness of performing PETCT scan on patients during followup with rising tumor markers for the detection of cancer lesions undetectable by conventional morphological imaging.
Study/year
Results
Remarks
Tumor markers
Reference
Filippi et al. Nucl Med Commun. 2011
FDG PETCT was positive in 36 out of 46 patients with rising biomarkers
The FDG-PET/CT scan plays an important role in restaging breast cancer patients with rising tumor markers and negative or equivocal findings in conventional imaging techniques
Evangelista et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2011
PETCT scan analysis was positive in 30 out of 40 patients with elevated tumor marker
FDG PETCT is more sensitive than CT for the evaluation of disease relapse; PETCT might be considered a complementary imaging technique during followup in patients with breast cancer