Dr
Hannah W. Hazard
(Department of Surgery, West Virginia University)
06/09/2009, 18:00
Rapid advancements in the surgical resection of primary breast cancers have occurred in the last century. This evolution has maintained oncologic principles with significant aesthetic improvements. Breast conserving surgery implies the removal of the tumor with negative margins while preserving the breast. Positive margin rates after initial lumpectomy can be as high as 40% necessitating...
Patricia Judy
(Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia)
06/09/2009, 18:15
Currently, the majority of lumpectomy and excisional biopsy procedures involving non-palpable breast lesions are performed using the wire localization (WL) technique. We are investigating dual-modality surgical guidance as a means of overcoming many of the problems associated with wire localization. The technique uses a dual-modality (digital mammography and breast scintigraphy) breast imaging...
Dr
Steven Falen
(Northern California PET Imaging Center)
06/09/2009, 18:30
As PET/CT has become more common in clinical practice, we are seeing patients earlier for diagnosis and staging and more frequently for monitoring of therapy. Some of the PET positive recurrent lesions we identify are anatomically within normal limits on CT. High resolution positron emission mammography (PEM) is a more recent tool for evaluating breast cancer. The lesions we identify on PEM...
