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For breast cancer patients requiring staging, should one order a CT C/A/P & bone scan or PET scan?
Our Radiation Safety officer reports a higher radiation dose to the patient from the two scans vs the PET.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
For locally advanced disease (T4 or N2), I would favor PET/CT because of the higher yield for identifying metastatic disease. It is also important for the radiation oncologist because of the higher likelihood of identifying of involved IM nodes and level 3a and supraclavicular nodes which can change...
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