PET/CT in Breast Cancer
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The book is unique in providing quick reference to practice of PET/CT in breast cancer. The initial few chapters are related to the pathology and management of breast carcinoma to help understand the pathophysiology of breast cancer before going to the imaging. The chapter on imaging in breast cancer highlights the role of different imaging modalities for different indications to the reader. The last four chapters describe in detail the role, normal variants, artefacts and pitfalls of FDG PET/CT along with recent molecular imaging advances in breast cancer.
Written by Pathology, Oncology, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine experts from different countries with enormous experience in breast cancer practice, the book addresses nuclear medicine physicians and radiologists, but it may be of interest to a wider medical community, including oncologists and radiotherapists.
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Dr Agrawal is a Nuclear Medicine physician working as Associate Professor of Department of Nuclear Medicine at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar. He has completed his MD degree in Nuclear Medicine from prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India and was awarded Kataria memorial Gold medal for best post graduate student of the year 2012. He was further trained as specialist registrar in the Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Hospital Trust, London, UK. He has authored and co-authored more than 50 scientific articles in reputed peer reviewed journals. He has won several awards for scientific research paper. His area of interest is hybrid molecular imaging in benign diseases, PET/CT and radionuclide therapy.
Dr Gupta is a Nuclear Medicine physician and Radiologist, presently working as Professor in Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Dr Gupta has been trained initially in Nuclear Medicine in India and United Kingdom and then in Radiology in United Kingdomand USA. Dr Gupta is renowned internationally and contributed extensively to the field of radiology by his teaching and research. He is an extraordinary, committed educator in the field of radiology and Nuclear Medicine. Dr Gupta’s recent graduation in Masters in Law (Health) adds to his expertise in health-related laws. His expertise areas are Thoracic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine particularly Nuclear Cardiology and PET-CT in Cancer Imaging.
