2019
Impact of short-term low-dose tamoxifen on molecular breast imaging background parenchymal uptake: a pilot study
Hruska CB, Hunt KN, Conners AL, Geske JR, Brandt KR, Degnim AC, Vachon CM, O’Connor M, Rhodes DJ. Impact of short-term low-dose tamoxifen on molecular breast imaging background parenchymal uptake: a pilot study. Breast Cancer Research 2019, 21: 38. PMID: 30850011, PMCID: PMC6408779, DOI: 10.1186/s13058-019-1120-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-dose tamoxifenMolecular breast imagingBackground parenchymal uptakeOral tamoxifenParenchymal uptakeBreast cancer risk reductionBreast cancer risk factorsEffectiveness of tamoxifenCancer risk factorsCancer risk reductionBreast cancer historyShort-term interventionMean ageCancer historyRisk factorsBreast fibroglandular tissueTamoxifenMolecular breastAverage countStudy participantsSubcutaneous fatPilot studyWomenT-testIntervention
2015
Factors Influencing the Uptake of 99mTc-Sestamibi in Breast Tissue on Molecular Breast Imaging
O’Connor M, Hruska CB, Tran TD, Swanson T, Conners AL, Jones K, Rhodes DJ. Factors Influencing the Uptake of 99mTc-Sestamibi in Breast Tissue on Molecular Breast Imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine Technology 2015, 43: 13-20. PMID: 25613340, DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.114.150128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMolecular breast imagingBreast tissuePrandial statusOptimal patient preparationPeripheral blood flowBody surface areaCounts/Type of interventionBreast imagingPatient heightPeripheral warmingStudy groupBlood flowSestamibiBreast activityPatient preparationFed stateCount densityMetabolic statusReference groupOblique viewMediolateral oblique viewTissueInterventionBreast thickness