Publications by authors named "Rodrigo Rodrigues da Cunha"
Detection of distant metastases in patients with locally advanced breast cancer: role of F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and conventional imaging with computed tomography scans.
Almir Galvão Vieira Bitencourt Wesley Pereira Andrade Rodrigo Rodrigues da Cunha Jorge Luis Fonseca de Acioli Conrado Eduardo Nóbrega Pereira Lima
Radiol Bras
January 2017
Objective: To evaluate positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and conventional imaging tests for the detection of distant metastases in patients with locally advanced breast cancer.
Materials And Methods: We included 81 patients with breast cancer who had undergone F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT before treatment. Conventional imaging included the following: bone scintigraphy; chest X-ray (in 14.