Follow'ups were conducted on 130 mastectomized patients, periodically subjected to bone scintigraphy in addition to conventional tests. 89 of the patients had received chemotherapy and 41 had not. The results obtained show the value of scintigraphy for both accurate staging and follow-up in such patients.
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