Combined PET MRI Scan Could Benefit Patients With Early Stage Breast Cancer – The ASCO Post
A combined positron-emission tomography–magnetic resonance imaging (PET-MRI) scanning technique could improve the treatment of some patients with early-stage breast cancer, according to new findings presented by Di Micco et al at the 2024 European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC) (Abstract 9) and simultaneously published in the European Journal of Cancer. “The standard approach for patients with early-[stage] breast cancer includes mammography, ultrasound, and sometimes MRI. Combined PET-MRI is a relatively