Abstract:
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m-tetrofosmin as a positive indicator in oncology,
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m-tetrofosmin scintigraphy has high sensitivity,specificity and accuracy in diagnosis of primary breast cancer, of local recurrence and of axillary lymph node metastases.
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m-tetrofosmin can also be used to detect bone metastases and recurrence after surgery. Furthermore,
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m-tetrofosmin presents promising perspectives in sentinel lymph node detection and imaging, in function imag-ing of P-glycoprotein and in guiding a biopsy. Associated with other methods,
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m-tetrofosmin scintigraphy improves the accuracy of detecting breast cancer.