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- Title
Scintiscanning of the breast with <sup>99</sup>Tc<sup>m</sup>−diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid-a prospective blind evaluation.
- Authors
Cuschieri, A.; Hutchinson, F.; Neill, G. D. S.; Wisbey, M. L.; Wood, R. A. B.; Preece, P.; Clark, J.
- Abstract
In this blind prospective study of breast scintiscanning with 99Tcm−diethylene triamine penta-cetic acid (DTPA) in 67 female patients presenting at a primary breast referral clinic, we have observed that this investigation has a high diagnostic accuracy in distinguishing benign from malignant lesions of the breast. The predictive value of the test when positive in establishing the presence of cancer is 94 per cent with a false negative rate of 6 per cent. The predictive value of the test when negative in excluding cancer is 97 per cent with a false positive rate of 3 per cent. Initial studies also indicate the potential value of DTPA breast scintiscanning in delineatingthe activityof painful benign lesions of the breast.
- Publication
British Journal of Surgery, 1981, Vol 68, Issue 3, p147
- ISSN
0007-1323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bjs.1800680303