Table 2.

Possible indications and applications for dedicated breast PETs in future clinical practice.

Indications and applications for dedicated breast PET
Screening in dense breasts, hindering mammography/ultrasound
Screening in (very) high-risk patients
Occult lesion on conventional imaging
Inconclusive lesion on mammography/ultrasound
Accurate FDG uptake determination in heterogeneous lesions
Primary tumor response monitoring (in node-negative patients)
FDG-guided biopsies

Abbreviations: PET: positron emission tomography, FDG: fluorodeoxyglucose.