Bone cancer can affect children or older adults, often presenting as persistent pain or swelling. Early diagnosis, specialist ...

Figure 1. A 74-y-old man at initial staging with PSMA PET that demonstrates low uptake in primary tumor (A, arrowhead) and left pelvic side wall node (A, arrow). Bone scan was read as positive by ...

PET is a scan that uses a tracer to show tumor activity. Research published in 2017 indicates that lymphoma cells are particularly responsive to a tracer called fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG).

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA or DXA) is a radiologic study that evaluates bone density, says Dr. Jian Q. “Michael” Yu, the chief of nuclear medicine and PET at Fox Chase Cancer ...

A full-body scan is usually a type of computed tomography (CT) scan that scans your whole body, starting below your chin. These scans can also be done using MRI or PET scans, but CT scans are the ...

PET scans are a form of imaging scan that can take three-dimensional images of the inside of a person’s body. They can help a doctor detect and accurately stage someone’s liver cancer.

Source Reference: Mookerji N, et al "Fluorine-18 prostate-specific membrane antigen-1007 PET/CT vs multiparametric MRI for locoregional staging of prostate cancer" JAMA Oncol 2024; DOI: 10.1001 ...

For bone metastasis staging, PSMA-PET exhibited both significantly greater sensitivity (98.0% vs 73.0%) and specificity (96.2% vs 79.1%) than bone scan with or without single-photon emission ...

“SANTA CLAUS came early as Dr Rick Brown called & said that my PET SCAN at 7 AM came back CLEAN OF CANCER!,” Vitale said in his social post. SANTA CLAUS came early as Dr Rick Brown called ...

More information: Abstract no: 9, "Impact of PET/MRI on early breast cancer management: Results from a prospective trial", Thursday 21 March, Oral abstract session, 09:30-10:30 hrs CET, Silver room: ...