2019
Molecular Breast Imaging in Patients with Suspicious Calcifications
Hunt K, Hruska C, Johnson M, Conners A, O’connor M, Rhodes D, Basappa S, Wahner-Roedler D. Molecular Breast Imaging in Patients with Suspicious Calcifications. Journal Of Breast Imaging 2019, 1: 303-309. PMID: 38424809, DOI: 10.1093/jbi/wbz054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular breast imagingSuspicious calcificationsNegative predictive valueTelluride gamma cameraPredictive valueMedian pathologic sizeInvasive ductal cancerOccult breast cancerInjection of TcAreas of calcificationBreast imagingNuclear medicine techniquesPrebiopsy settingGamma cameraBiopsy findingsDuctal cancerPathologic sizeIncidental lesionsDuctal carcinomaInvasive cancerAdditional biopsiesBreast cancerStereotactic biopsyBiopsyMolecular breast
2015
Diagnostic workup and costs of a single supplemental molecular breast imaging screen of mammographically dense breasts.
Hruska CB, Conners AL, Jones KN, O'Connor MK, Moriarty JP, Boughey JC, Rhodes DJ. Diagnostic workup and costs of a single supplemental molecular breast imaging screen of mammographically dense breasts. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2015, 204: 1345-53. PMID: 26001247, PMCID: PMC5036572, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.14.13306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenign biopsy rateDiagnostic workupBiopsy rateDense breastsAdditional diagnostic workupCancer detection rateMammography of womenBreast imaging examinationsPositive predictive valueDual-head gamma cameraImaging examinationsPredictive valueMolecular breastBiopsyPatientsWorkupBreastScreening mammographyCancerWomenMammographyMalignancyReference standardGamma cameraDetection rate
2007
Molecular breast imaging: advances and limitations of a scintimammographic technique in patients with small breast tumors
O'Connor M, Phillips S, Hruska C, Rhodes D, Collins D. Molecular breast imaging: advances and limitations of a scintimammographic technique in patients with small breast tumors. Clinical Imaging 2007, 31: 295. DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2007.04.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular breast imagingSmall breast tumorsBreast tumorsEvidence of cancerFalse-positive scansLarger patient populationMalignant breast tumorsStandard mammographic viewsMBq technetiumOccult tumorsPatient populationMalignant tumorsPatientsTumorsBreast tissueSubjective discomfortBiopsySurgeryMammographic viewsGamma cameraBreast imagingBreast thicknessPreliminary studyRegular detectionView gamma cameraMolecular Breast Imaging: Advantages and Limitations of a Scintimammographic Technique in Patients with Small Breast Tumors
O'Connor MK, Phillips SW, Hruska CB, Rhodes DJ, Collins DA. Molecular Breast Imaging: Advantages and Limitations of a Scintimammographic Technique in Patients with Small Breast Tumors. The Breast Journal 2007, 13: 3-11. PMID: 17214787, DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2006.00356.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastCarcinoma, Intraductal, NoninfiltratingCarcinoma, LobularCarcinoma, PapillaryFemaleHumansMammographyMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsRadionuclide ImagingSensitivity and SpecificityTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiUltrasonographyConceptsMolecular breast imagingSmall breast tumorsBreast tumorsEvidence of cancerFalse-positive scansLarger patient populationMalignant breast tumorsStandard mammographic viewsMBq TcOccult tumorsPatient populationMalignant tumorsPositive scansPatientsTumorsBreast tissueSubjective discomfortBiopsySurgeryMammographic viewsGamma cameraBreast imagingBreast thicknessPreliminary studyRegular detection