224P Value of bone scintigraphy in breast cancer patients staged with computed tomography

Abstract

Staging of early breast cancer is a controversial issue. Current guidelines recommend consideration of a computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdominal imaging and a bone scintigraphy (BS) for patients with clinically involved lymph nodes, big primary tumors and aggressive biologic subtypes. In clinical practice patients with early breast cancer are commonly staged with BS and CT scan of chest and abdomen. Nevertheless, additional value of bone scintigraphy in patients staged with CT scan remains not well studied.