Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy, cilt.30, sa.3, ss.201-204, 2021 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
© 2021 by Turkish Society of Nuclear Medicine Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy published by Galenos Yayınevi.A female patient diagnosed of infiltrative breast carcinoma using tru-cut biopsy underwent18flourine-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for staging. The tumor was located in the superior external quadrant of the right breast, and did not exhibit pathological uptake in18F-FDG PET/CT. Later, gallium-68 (68Ga) fibroblast activation protein-specific inhibitor (FAPI)-04 PET/ CT imaging was performed and the primary tumor showed intense radiotracer accumulation. This presumes that68Ga-FAPI PET/CT imaging is superior to18F-FDG imaging in detecting the primary tumor in breast cancer, thereby suggesting the replacement of FAPI by18F-FDG in breast-cancer staging in the future.