BSGI/MBI is a molecular breast imaging technique that is used to identify early stage cancers by means of a high-resolution, small field-of-view gamma camera and a radiotracer. Cells with increased metabolic activity, such as rapidly dividing cancers, preferentially absorb this tracer and are viewed as dark spots on the BSGI image. BSGI is a diagnostic complement to mammography, and is especially helpful for patients that are high risk, have dense breasts, or questionable mammograms.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a treatment regiment for breast cancer in which chemotherapy is delivered prior to surgery. One of the main advantages of this technique is that it allows the physician to use imaging techniques to monitor how effective prescribed chemotherapy is in treating the cancer. This study was performed with the Dilon 6800® Gamma Camera optimized for breast imaging.
The study included 15 consecutive patients that had BSGI before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. BSGI was determined to accurately reflect pathologic tumor size within 5 mm after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer. Dr. Teal noted that BSGI was less reliable in detecting residual microscopic disease in these patients, but that BSGI proved to be a valuable tool for determining patient response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
About Dilon Diagnostics
Dilon Diagnostics, a brand of Dilon Technologies Inc., is bringing innovative medical imaging products to market. Dilon's cornerstone product, the Dilon 6800, is a digital high-resolution, compact gamma camera optimized to perform BSGI, a molecular breast imaging procedure which images the metabolic activity of breast lesions through radiotracer uptake. Many leading medical centers around the country are now offering BSGI to their patients, including: Cornell University Medical Center, New York; George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; and The Rose, Houston. For more information on Dilon Diagnostics please visit www.dilon.com.
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