Bone Scanning in Pregnant Patients with Breast Carcinoma
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Vol. 12 (7) , 519-524
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198707000-00006
Abstract
Radionuclide scanning is usually contraindicated in pregnancy because of the danger of fetal radiation exposure. Radionuclide bone scanning with Tc–99m MDP is a sensitive indicator of early osseous metastases in breast cancer. Three cases of breast cancer during pregnancy are reported; modified bone scanning was utilized for staging and decision analysis. Modifications of bone scanning techniques to minimize fetal radiation exposure and fetal dosimetry calculations are described.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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