Ideal Diagnostic Complement to Mammography

Mammograms are helpful in imaging tissue density, abnormal patterns and clusters of calcifications. BSGI complements mammography and helps you see what matters for accurate breast cancer diagnosis. BSGI with the Dilon 6800® uses a radiotracer uptake to detect cancer independent of tissue density.

Complementary Use with Mammography


BSGI complements mammography when patients have:

  • Difficult-to-interpret mammograms
  • Dense breast tissue
  • Implants
  • Palpable lesions not detected by mammography or ultrasound
  • Multiple suspicious or indeterminate lesions or clusters of calcifications
  • Pre-biopsy evaluation of suspect areas 
  • Disease staging for breast conservation
  • Post-surgical or post-therapeutic breasts

With a reported negative predictive value generally higher than 95 percent, and high sensitivity, BSGI with the Dilon 6800 has been integrated into the diagnostic protocol to gather more information or used for the workup of challenging cases.

In clinical studies, lesions as small as 1mm have been reported by pathology — for both invasive cancer and DCIS. In addition, reports from studies and clinical practice demonstrate a high sensitivity for DCIS and lobular carcinoma.
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