Strender L E, Lagergren C, Wallgren A, Liljevall S
Acta Radiol Oncol. 1981;20(3):187-91. doi: 10.3109/02841868109130194.
The yield and the prognostic significance of initially performed bone scintigraphy in 387 patients with operable mammary carcinoma are reported. The mean follow-up time was 52 months. In 12 patients (3.1%) the scintigraphy was considered to indicate bone metastases but in only 3 of these bone metastases later developed. The low information obtained has resulted in exclusion of bone scintigraphy in the initial assessment of clinically operable patients with mammary carcinoma.