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Evaluating the Uptake of [18F] Fluoroestradiol (FES) BPET/DBT in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

Trial Status: temporarily closed to accrual

This phase I trial studies a new scanner device that combines two types of imaging called breast positron emission tomography (BPET) and digital breast tomosynthesis (DPT) for imaging of a radioactive imaging drug called 18F-fluoroestradiol (FES), as a diagnostic device for imaging estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancers. Radioactive drugs, such as fluoroestradiol F-18, may carry radiation directly to tumor cells and not harm normal cells. The combination of using FES and the dedicated breast scanner BPET/DBT may be a better imaging tool to help diagnosis and determine the size and location of ER+ breast cancers prior to surgery or start of breast cancer treatment.