Intra-operative PET-CT: a Novel Approach to Determine Excision Margins in Lumpectomy Breast Cancer.
Intra-operative PET-CT: a Novel Approach to Determine Excision Margins in Lumpectomy Breast Cancer.
Examination of the feasibility of intra-operative pet CT to detect surgical margins in breast
 conservative surgery to prevent re-excision.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  • female and 18 years of age or older

 -  diagnosed with an early-stage (T1 or T2, and N0 or N1; according to the
 TNM-classification) invasive breast cancer

 -  eligible for breast conserving surgery

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  • Pregnancy or lactation

 -  Diabetes

 -  Multifocal tumor disease

 -  Diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer

 -  Appointment at the nuclear medicine department for 18F-FDG administration would
 result in a unacceptable delay of surgery

 -  Subject has had exposure to ionizing radiation of more than 1 mSv in other
 research studies within the last 12 months

 -  Subject has recently (<60 days) or is simultaneously participating in another
 clinical trial.