More accurate than MRI measurement of tumor size in breast cancer by using the peri-tumoral halo uptake layer method of the 18F-FDG PET/CT scan.

CONCLUSION: A method of tumor size determination, using PHL on 18F-FDG PET/CT, showed more linear relationship and smaller size differences with pathology than MRI (average 0.6 vs. 1.9cm). It provides sufficient reliability and reproducibility for measuring tumor size in breast cancer. PMID: 30006644 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Hell J Nucl Med Source Type: research