Table II.
Visibility of lesions to DOT and whole-body PET compared with histopathology after imaging. The following abbreviations are used. IDC: invasive ductal carcinoma. DCIS: ductal carcinoma in situ. mBR grade: (modified) Bloom-Richardson grade.
| Subject | Age | Days between DOT and PET examination | Visible in PET | Visible in DOT | Histopathology
(type, mBR grade, size) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | 4 | Yes | Yes | IDC & DCIS, 3+3+3=9, 2 cm |
| 2 | 45 | 0 | Yes | Yes | IDC & DCIS, 3+3+3=9, 0.5 cm |
| 3 | 39 | 0 | Yes | Yes | IDC & DCIS, 2+2+2=6, 3.4 & 0.8 cm |
| 4 | 44 | 0 | Yes | Yes | IDC & DCIS, 3+3+1=7, 2.3 cm |
| 5 | 44 | 0 | Yes | Yes | IDC & DCIS, 3+2+2=7, 1.8 cm |
| 6 | 51 | 0 | Yes | No | none (superficial cyst) |
| 7 | 64 | 0 | Yes | Yes | DCIS, 0.9 cm |
| 8 | 43 | 0 | Yes | No | none (MRI & US negative results) |
| 9 | 53 | 0 | No | No | cyst |
| 10 | 59 | 0 | Yes | Yes | normal tissue (surgical inflammation) |
| 11 | 44 | 0 | Yes | Yes | IDC & DCIS, 3+3+3=9, 1.5 cm |
| 12 | 50 | 13 | No | No | mature adipose tissue (possible lipoma) |
| 13 | 61 | 0 | Yes | No | IDC & DCIS, 1+2+1=4, 0.8 cm |
| 14 | 37 | 0 | Yes | Yes | IDC & DCIS, 3+3+3=9, 2.3 cm |