Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging* ; Breast Neoplasms/therapy ; Female ; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Mammography/methods* ; Neoplasm Metastasis/diagnosis* ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/diagnosis* ; Positron-Emission Tomography/methods ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Ultrasonography, Mammary
Keywords
Breast cancer ; MRI ; Mammography ; Recurrence ; Surveillance ; Ultrasound
Abstract
Women who have been treated for breast cancer are at risk for second breast cancers, such as ipsilateral recurrence or contralateral metachronous breast cancer. As the number of breast cancer survivors increases, interest in patient management and surveillance after treatment has also increased. However, post-treatment surveillance programs for patients with breast cancer have not been firmly established. In this review, we focus on the imaging modalities that have been used in post-treatment surveillance for patients with breast cancer, such as mammography, ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography, the effectiveness of each modality for detecting recurrence, and how they can be applied to manage patients.