68 Ga Trivehexin PET/CT in a Breast Carcinoma Patient With Distant Metastasis : Edge Over 18 F-FDG PET/CT?

Mohite, Ashish; Luthra, Karuna; Pathan, Sameer; Malik, Amrita; Kesariya, Jugal · Clin Nucl Med · 2026

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

FDG PET CT has limitations in breast cancer due to its low tracer uptake in Grade 1 and 2 tumors, estrogen receptor positivity, lobular histology, and osteoblastic skeletal metastases. Trivehexin PET targets αvβ6 integrin, which is relatively specific for epithelial cancer cells. We present a case of a 67-year-old woman with recently diagnosed metastatic breast cancer. Trivehexin PET not only showed lesions with a higher target-to-background ratio compared with FDG PET but also depicted additional metastatic sites.

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