Radiological staging in breast cancer: which asymptomatic patients to image and how
T Barrett, D J Bowden, D C Greenberg, C H Brown, G C Wishart and P D Britton
Br J Cancer 2009 101: 1522-1528
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The findings from this Cambridge audit, prompted new local guidelines for staging asymptomatic breast cancer patients:
Only clinical stage III or IV patients require baseline investigation
The high specificity and convenience of computed tomography (chest, abdomen and pelvis including proximal femur) led us to recommend this as the investigation of choice in breast cancer patients requiring radiological staging
