sup 18^F-FDG PET/CT Findings and Circulating Tumor Cell Counts in the Monitoring of Systemic Therapies for Bone Metastases from Breast Cancer

• Published in: The Journal of nuclear medicine (1978) Vol. 51; no. 8; p. 1213
• Main Authors: De Giorgi, Ugo, Mego, Michal, Rohren, Eric M, Liu, Ping, Handy, Beverly C, Reuben, James M, Macapinlac, Homer A, Hortobagyi, Gabriel N, Cristofanilli, Massimo, Ueno, Naoto T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Society of Nuclear Medicine 01.08.2010
• Subjects: Breast cancer; Cancer therapies; Clinical medicine; Medical research; Multivariate analysis; Radiation therapy

Our objective was to compare the predictive significance of ^sup 18^F-FDG PET/CT findings and circulating tumor cell (CTC) count in patients with bone metastases from breast cancer treated with standard systemic therapy. Methods: Breast cancer patients with progressive bone-only metastatic disease w...