BMC Cancer 2022 Jun 4;22(1):614. Epub 2022 Jun 4.
Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Longcheng Street NO.99, Taiyuan, 030032, China.
Objective: To investigate the feasibility, safety, and clinical application value of single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT)-guided bone marrow biopsy (BMB) in breast cancer (BC) patients with suspected bone metastases (BM) and compare its diagnostic performance for detection of BM with SPECT/CT.
Methods: The records of breast cancer patients referred for bone scintigraphy (BS), SPECT/CT and SPECT/CT-guided BMB from January of 2018 to June of 2021 in our hospital were retrospectively reviewed. 49 Patients were consecutively included in this study, all 49 specimens were analyzed by pathological and immunohistochemical studies. Read More