Molecular Breast Imaging: Role as a Screening Modality

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• 作者：Beatriz E. Adrada ; Tanya Moseley ; Gaiane M. Rauch
• 关键词：Molecular breast imaging ; Breast cancer ; Breast imaging ; Breast cancer screening ; Breast specific gamma imaging
• 刊名：Current Breast Cancer Reports
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：4
• 页码：230-235
• 全文大小：439 KB
• 刊物主题：Oncology; Internal Medicine; Surgical Oncology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1943-4596
• 卷排序：8

文摘

This review provides a summary of the current state of molecular breast imaging (MBI), its applications in breast imaging, and potential use in breast cancer screening. MBI is a novel nuclear medicine technique that uses a dual-head dedicated breast gamma camera and technetium-99m sestamibi as a radiotracer. In this review, the basic concepts of molecular breast imaging will be described and clinical studies on MBI and breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) will be summarized. Based on the present literature, MBI is one of the best supplemental imaging modalities to mammography and has the potential to become a screening modality if the radiotracer dosage can be reduced.