Detection of invasive carcinomas
• Highly variable uptake
• No subgroup that will not benefit from FDG-PET
Association of primary tumour FDG uptake with clinical, histopathological and molecular characteristics in breast
cancer patients scheduled for neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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